Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies - (P.) Vejleskov Ed.Apokopos. A Fifteenth-Century (Veneto-Cretan) Catabasis in the Vernacular. Synoptic edn with introduction, commentary and index verborum, English trans. by Margaret Alexiou (Neograeca Medii Aevi 9). Cologne: Romiosini, 2005. Pp. 401. 39.90. 9783929889604.

2007 ◽  
Vol 127 ◽  
pp. 254-255
Author(s):  
Tina Lendari
Keyword(s):  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
English Trans

Pine-cones for moss: a late Byzantine/early modern Greek version of ATU 1525E, Thieves steal from one another

Fabula ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 353-366
Author(s):  
Tommaso Braccini
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Greek Version ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Modern Greek ◽  
Pine Cones

Abstract Two Greek authors, Georgios Sphrantzes (fifteenth century) and Makarios Melissourgos-Melissenos (sixteenth century) refer to a variant of the type ATU 1525E, Thieves steal from one another. It is the oldest known version, and it is remarkably close to the variants later attested in Georgia and the Balkans (an area that clearly shows the features of the Byzantine cultural heritage). The comparison also makes it possible to clarify and confirm the meaning of an obscure word used in the oldest version, that of Sphrantzes, where pine-cones (koukoutzella) and moss are at the center of the exchange.

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