Magical objects play an important role in the fourteenth-century Byzantine vernacular romance Kallimachos and Chrysorroi, not due to their supernatural powers, but rather in order to make the chivalric status of the romance hero stand out, inasmuch as he does not resort to any of them to achieve his goals.
In this paper, I analyze the journey of three brothers told in the late Byzantine romance Kallimachos and Chrysorrhoe as well as the way in which, along their journey, natural elements and golden objects function as thresholds between human society and the supernatural world.
Pretende-se analisar a presença homérica na Alexíada de Ana Comnena, em particular o retrato literário de Aleixo, que começa por ser apresentado como Héracles nas vitórias contra os rebeldes Ursélio, Nicéforo Briénio e Basilácio, antes da ascensão ao trono imperial. Após a sua proclamação como imperador dos Romanos, a historiadora faz do pai um herói astuto, qual Ulisses, a procurar defender a nau do império contra os sucessivos ataques do normando Roberto Guiscardo, que se comporta como o Aquiles homérico.
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