Round 4: Tossup 16

In a story written in this state, an exiled nobleman views sculptures of Hero and Leander in the Castle of Love, where he wins the hand of a woman with a name meaning “golden flower.” Alexander Kazhdan revived interest in this state’s literature like the ekphrastic poetry of an author known as “the Silentiary.” The title Valencian knight (-5[1])dies before he can marry a princess of this state in Tirant (-5[1])lo Blanch (10[1])(“tee-RAHN lo BLAHNK”). The (10[1])Song of Armouris (-5[1])is a poem from this state from a genre about the lives of border guards. (10[3])Pirates separate couples in stories from this state such as Kallimachos and Chrysorrhoe (“cry-suh-ROH-ee”). This state is the setting of the Omeir and Anna segments of Anthony Doerr’s Cloud (10[1])Cuckoo Land and the opening of Umberto Eco’s Baudolino. (10[3])For 10 points, in what empire did authors (-5[1])use Greek (10[1])to write (10[1])acritic poetry and chronicles (10[1])like The Alexiad? (10[2])■END■ (10[7])

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