The Tale of Igor's Campaign

The Tale of Igor's Campaign (Old East Slavic: ????? ? ????? ??????ѣ, Slovo o p?lku Igorev?; Modern Russian: ????? ? ????? ???????, Slovo o polku Igoreve) is an anonymous masterpiece of East Slavic literature written in Old East Slavic language and tentatively dated by the end of 12th century. It is also occasionally translated as The Song of Igor's Campaign and The Lay of Igor's Campaign. The Ukrainian sources transliterate the name as Ihor.

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Old East Slavic - Modern Russian - Slavic - 12th century - Ukrainian

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Many things are still disputed about the work: whether it is an epic or a poem, and interpretations of many phrases. Originality of the book was also disputed, though today prevailing opinion is that the book is authentic.

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Epic - Poem

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