Oral tradition as rhetorical resource in the Old Slavic translation of Digenis Akritis


We are excited to welcome Robert Romanchuk for an Online Open House entitled “Oral tradition as rhetorical resource in the Old Slavic translation of Digenis Akritis.” The event will take place on Friday, April 9 at 11:00 a.m. EDT and will be recorded. You can watch the live-streaming on the Center for Hellenic Studies YouTube Channel.

To get ready for the event, you might like to read:

“Slavic ‘Abduction’ episode (reconstructed)”

“Greek ‘Abduction’ episode (MS G)”

Robert Romanchuk

Robert Romanchuk is Pribic Family Associate Professor of Slavic at Florida State University. He has published the monograph Byzantine Hermeneutics and Pedagogy in the Russian North (2007) and numerous shorter studies. He is preparing a critical edition of the Byzantine epic Digenis Akritis in its Old Slavic translation for Cambridge University Press.