ARCHAEOLOGY AND EPIC: BUTRINT AND UGOLINO VERINO'S CARLIAS
Paul Gwynne|Richard Hodges|Joanita Vroom
The Epirote port of Butrint (now in Albania) features significantly the neo-Latin epic, Carlias, by Florentine Ugolino Verino (1438–1516). This poem was recast on occasion invasion Italy Charles VIII France, to encourage young king imitate his ancestor, Charlemagne, and undertake a crusade. essay focuses upon poetic description light recent excavations. It reconstructs run-down character this fortified Venetian town, as well material living conditions its occupants 1493. considers how Verino's narrative shaped literary sources, rather than actual circumstances port.
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