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Athens: Hellen, 2014. Bilingual (Greek-English) critical edition of the Codex 408 Marcianus graecus (ff. 1-13v), Library of St. Mark, Venice. Contains also the original text in mediaeval Greek. Soft cover, 24 cm, 360 pp., net weight 680 gr. ISBN: 960-286-839-2.CONTENTS: FOREWORD, by Professor C. Metsakis PREFACE PHOTO-REPRODUCTION OF THE MANUSCRIPT INTRODUCTION:1. The Codex Marcianus 408 2. Date of Composition 3. The Present Edition 4. Other Editions 5. Our Author: (i) His Identity (ii) Is our author also the author of the Alexander poem? 6. An Insight into our Author and his Chronicle 7. Our Author and his Sources 8. Tables (Source References) 9. Language of our Author: (a) General Observations (b) Formulaic Patterns 10. The Political Verse 11. The Task of the Translator TEXT, CRITICAL APPARATUS AND TRANSLATIONGRAMMATICAL COMMENTARY - 1. Phonology (pronunciation): (a) Iotacistic errors; (b) the loss of phonological distinction between single and double consonants; (c) άπαξ λεγόμενον;… Read More