Livistros and Rodamni is a mid 13th century Greek Romance written during the time of the Latin occupation of Constantinople. One of several Greek romance stories, in this narrative the Latin ruler Livistros learns to love after encountering the Lord of Love in an apocalyptic dream and has to win the love of princess Rodamni. The translation I'm using is Gavin Betts' translation called "Livistros and Rodamni" found in book "Three Medieval Greek Romances" re-published by Routledge in 2018.There is a better translation, so I'm told, translated by Panagiotis A. Agapitos.

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Release Date: 28/02/2026, 03:30:00