Song of Armouris

Its plot is based on the Byzantine-Arab conflict (7th–12th centuries) and describes in political verse the efforts of a young Byzantine akrite warrior to rescue his father from captivity.

When Armouris' father, who is being held captive by the Saracens, sees the horse, he recognizes it and assumes that his son is dead.

[8][9][10] The Saracen emir, whose chivalry is exemplary, reassures the father and orders a search to be made for the missing son.

The Emir, alarmed, finally agrees to let Armouris' father go and offers him his daughter in marriage in order to secure peace.

[8][9][11] The Byzantine-Arab conflicts that lasted from the mid-7th to the early 11th century provide the context for Byzantine heroic ("acritic", from the akritai border guards) poetry, written in the vernacular Greek language.

Along with the better-known epic romance Digenis Akritas, the Song of Armouris ranks among the most important and oldest of these works.

Fight between the Byzantines and the Arabs as depicted in the 12th-century Madrid Skylitzes manuscript.
The sack of Amorium is thought to have inspired Byzantine legends and literary works, including the Song of Armouris . Madrid Skylitzes , 12th-century manuscript.