Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth centuryWiener, Leo
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Anthology of Russian literature from the earliest period to the present time, volume 1 (of 2) : $b From the tenth century to the close of the eighteenth century
Wiener, Leo
Russia -- Literary collections; Russian literature -- Translations into English
[75] Yarosláv Osmomýsl († 1187) was the Prince of Gálich, which in his
days extended as far as the Prut and the Danube and included part of
Moldavia. His daughter was Ígor’s wife.
[76] Román Mstislávich († 1205), Prince of Volhynia, twice occupied the
throne in Gálich. He fought successfully against the Lithuanians and
Yatvyágans, and when he was Prince of Gálich he saved Constantinople
from the impending danger of a Pólovts and Pechenyég invasion. The
Chronicle says of him: “He rushed against the pagans like a lion, raged
like a lynx, and destroyed them like a crocodile, and crossed their
lands like an eagle, for he was as brave as an aurochs,” and “The
Pólovtses used to frighten their children with his name.”
[77] Mstisláv was probably the brother of Íngvar and Vsévolod,
mentioned below.
[78] Tributary of the Dnieper.
[79] The sons of Yarosláv Izyaslávich, Prince of Lutsk, who was Grand
Prince of Kíev in 1173.
[80] Román, Svyatosláv and Vsévolod, sons of Mstisláv,
great-grandchildren of Vladímir Monomákh.
[81] The Pólovtses divided among themselves the towns along the Sulá.
See the Chronicle, p. 77.
[82] Izyasláv’s appanage was Goródno, in the Government of Minsk, hence
farther down “The trumpets blare at Goródno.”
[83] Izyasláv addresses himself.
[84] These are opposed to the brave Izyasláv, who is also a descendant
of Vsesláv. Vsesláv Bryachislávich, Prince of Pólotsk, was, in 1064,
defeated by Izyasláv and his brothers on the Nemíga; later he was
enticed by Izyasláv to Kíev, where he was imprisoned. In 1067 Izyasláv
was driven out by the Kíevans, and Vsesláv was made Grand Prince.
Izyasláv attacked Vsesláv at Byélgorod, but the latter fled to Pólotsk.
[85] The exact meaning of the “seventh age of Troyán” is not known;
some distant time is designated.
[86] That is, for Kíev.
[87] Ten versts from Kíev.
[88] Tributary of the Svísloch, in the Government of Minsk.
[89] Near Nóvgorod.
[90] The chronicles and popular tradition make Vsesláv a werewolf and a
sorcerer.
[91] Another name for Dazhbóg, the god of the sun.
[92] That is, for ever to retain Vladímir in Kíev.
[93] Now there is discord.
[94] Evfrosíniya (Euphrosyne), daughter of Yarosláv Osmomýsl of Gálich,
Ígor’s second wife.
[95] A standing formula for rivers in general, here the Kayála.
[96] Expedition of 1184.
[97] A swampy river in the Government of Kíev. Rostisláv Vsévolodovich,
the son of Vsévolod and Anna, the daughter of a Pólovts Khan, and the
brother of Vladímir Monomákh. After an unsuccessful attack upon the
Pólovtses, he escaped from captivity by jumping into the Stúgna, but
being in heavy armour he was drowned.
[98] Vladímir, the son of Ígor, who was also taken captive. He really
married Konchák’s daughter and returned with her to Kíev in 1187.
The Holy Virgin’s Descent into Hell. (XII. century.)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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