| Item Description: | Ελληνικό κείμενο και κριτική του Πολέμου της Τρωάδος : σ. 1-710. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, the War of Troy is "anonymous translation of the 12th century Roman de Troie of Benoit de Ste. Maure, made probably during the 14th century in Frankish Greece. ... this is the longest (over 14,000 unrhymed political verses) of the extant popular verse romances and seems to have exerted a major influence on the genre. Though some of the lengthy ekphraseis of the original have been curtailed, otherwise the version faithfully renders Benoit's romance, itself based on the Latin novels of Dares the Phrygian and Diktys of Crete. Although the author of Troy conceals his debt to these and to Benoit by omitting all references to them, he shows almost no knowledge of either the Iliad or the Byzantine chroniclers' account of the Trojan War." Cf. ODB, v.3, s.v. War of Troy. |
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