Digenis Akritas

Japanese: ディゲニス・アクリタス(英語表記)Digenis Akritas
Digenis Akritas
A medieval Greek heroic epic. The first part of the epic is the story of an Arab emir, his abduction of the daughter of the commander of the Byzantine provincial garrison, her successful rescue of her brothers, the emir's baptism and marriage in Byzantium, and the eventual migration of the emir's family to Byzantium. It was compiled in the 10th century and is set against the backdrop of the Byzantine-Arab conflict at the time. The second part, on the other hand, is the story of Digenis (meaning born of the union of a Muslim and a Christian family) Acritas (meaning commander of the border garrison), the son of an Arab emir and the daughter of a Greek commander, and includes tales of romantic adventures, heroic tales, a meeting with the Byzantine emperor on the banks of the Euphrates, the construction of a palace, and the death of a hero, in the romantic tradition of late antiquity.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
中世ギリシア英雄叙事詩。ただし本来の叙事詩にあたるのはその第1部で,アラブのアミールを主人公とし,彼によるビザンティン属州駐屯軍司令官の娘の略奪,彼女の兄弟たちの奪回行の成功,アミールのビザンティン領土での受洗と婚礼,そしてアミール一族あげてのビザンティン領への最終的移住の物語から成る。10世紀に編纂され,国境地帯での当時のビザンティン・アラブの対立状態が背景をなしている。これに反し第2部は,アラブのアミールとギリシア人軍司令官の娘との間に生まれたディゲニス(イスラム教徒,キリスト教徒の両家族の結合から生まれたことを意味する)・アクリタス(国境守備隊長の意)を主人公とし,恋の冒険談,武勇伝,ユーフラテス河畔でのビザンティン皇帝との会見,御殿の建築,英雄の死などから成り,古代末期のロマンの伝統に立っている。

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