09-15-2015, 06:05 AM
Depictions of the Byzantine folk hero Digenis Akritas, 12th century
You may have seen a drawing of Diogenes Akritas on a Byzantine plate, supposedly the only illustration of shoulder tufts mentioned in Leo VI's Tactica. Here is a colour photo of the actual plate:
Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon
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And other depictions of Diogenes Akritas:
Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows
Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert
Digenis Akritas Fights a Beast
MIRROR SITE
Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon
Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows
Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert
Digenis Akritas Fights a Beast
Druzhina
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers
You may have seen a drawing of Diogenes Akritas on a Byzantine plate, supposedly the only illustration of shoulder tufts mentioned in Leo VI's Tactica. Here is a colour photo of the actual plate:
Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon
And other depictions of Diogenes Akritas:
Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows
Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert
Digenis Akritas Fights a Beast
MIRROR SITE
Digenis (Diogenes) Akritas fights the dragon
Digenis Akritas slays the dragon with five arrows
Digenis Akritas saves a princess abandoned in the desert
Digenis Akritas Fights a Beast
Druzhina
Byzantine Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers