"Depictions of the Byzantine folk hero Digenis Akritas, 12thC" Topic

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Druzhina	24 Jan 2014 12:25 a.m. PST
Depictions of the Byzantine folk hero Digenis Akritas, 12th century You may have seen a drawing of Diogenes Akritas on a Byzantine plate, supposedly the only illustration of shoulder tufts mentioned in Leo VI's Tactica. Here is a colour photo of the actual plate: Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon And other depictions of Diogenes Akritas: Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert MIRROR SITE Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert Druzhina 12th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
Grelber	24 Jan 2014 5:36 a.m. PST
I guess I'm used to bearded Byzantines, and Digenes seems to be clean shaven. I wonder if this was just an artistic convention, or a passing phase in style, or mabe the way the Akritai dressed? I'm off to Google Digenis to see if I can find more. Grelber
Parzival	24 Jan 2014 6:40 a.m. PST
I had not heard of him before; thanks for the introduction.

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