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This book focuses on the figure of Charos, widespread throughout the Hellenic world, including Cyprus and the Pontus region, and the folk mythology of modern Greece. Michał Bzinkowski, analyzing Greek demotic songs, especially mirologia (dirges) and the songs of the Underworld and Charos, as well as an Acritic cycle of alleged Byzantine origin, sets out to ascertain the characteristics of this enigmatic and ambiguous personage.

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Author:   Micha Bzinkowski
Publisher:   Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
Imprint:   Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.234kg
ISBN:  

9788323343301

ISBN 10:   8323343306
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   06 March 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

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Michał Bzinkowski is associate professor at the Department of Classics at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, where he teaches modern Greek language and modern Greek literature, as well as ancient Greek epic and lyric poetry. He is also a translator of modern Greek literature into Polish, including Seferis, Ritsos, Boukalas, Charalambides, and Akrivos.

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