Russian Studies of International Relations
From the Soviet Past to the Post-Cold-War Present
Marina M. Lebedeva
By Marina M. Lebedeva
Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
About the Book
This book focuses on the figure of Charos, widespread throughout the Hellenic world, including Cyprus and the Pontus region, and the folk mythology of modern Greece. Michał Bzinkowski, analyzing Greek demotic songs, especially mirologia (dirges) and the songs of the Underworld and Charos, as well as an Acritic cycle of alleged Byzantine origin, sets out to ascertain the characteristics of this enigmatic and ambiguous personage.