How Long to Read Digenes Akrites

How Long Does it Take to Read Digenes Akrites?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Digenes Akrites by Roderick Beaton

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Called variously the ’Byzantine epic’, the ’epic of Modern Greece’, an ’epic-romance’ and ’romance’, the poem of Digenes Akrites has, since its rediscovery towards the end of the nineteenth century, exerted a tenacious hold on the imagination of scholars from a wide range of disciplines and from many countries of the world, as well as of writers and public figures in Greece. There are many reasons for this, not least among them the prestige accorded to ’national epics’ in the nineteenth century and for some time afterwards. Another reason must surely be the work’s uniqueness: there is nothing...

How long is Digenes Akrites?

Digenes Akrites by Roderick Beaton is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Digenes Akrites Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Digenes Akrites aloud.

What Reading Level is Digenes Akrites?

Digenes Akrites is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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