Slawische musikanten vom ende des westlichen Ozeans

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Koder, J. (2018). Slawische musikanten vom ende des westlichen Ozeans, (55), 19-28. Retrieved from http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0584-98881855019K
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Title

Slawische musikanten vom ende des westlichen Ozeans

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Author

Johannes, Koder

Journal

Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta

Volume
Issue

55

Start page

19

End page

28

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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0584-98881855019K

Date

2018-2020/03/14/00:30:35

Abstract

In the spring of 591 some Byzantine soldiers, members of the bodyguard of the emperor Maurikios, arrested near Herakleia (west of Constantinople) three men from a Sklauenoi tribe. These Sklauenoi carried no weapons with them but only kitharai. Under interrogation they told the emperor that their dwellings were near the end of the Western Ocean, and that they had travelled for fifteen months in order to meet the chaganos (Baian) of the Avars, to whom they had to convey a message from their chieftains. When they left him, they decided to visit the Romans because they had heard about their wealth and philanthropy, and so they had arrived in Thrace. This paper aims to discuss the background of these informations, especially the geographical location of the regions “near the end of the Western Ocean”, the type of musical instruments, they carried with them, and the credibility of the narrative as a whole.

Keywords

Avars, Avaren, Baian, Maurikios, Pomoranen, Pomorans, Slavic musical instruments, Slawische Musikinstrumente, Western Slavs, Westslawen