Talk:Saint George and the Princess

Prominently referenced in John Fowles' "The Ebony Tower"

98.176.249.133 (talk) 22:05, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Criticism

A couple of points not covered in this article. FWIW, the Italian article on this topic (which contains a lot more material) also fails to cover these points:

How does this painting relate to the story of Saint George and the Dragon? Every account of a traditional story has its variations, some of which reveal something of the age, some of which reveal something of the teller.
There is the unusual tale of Emperor Alexios II of Trebizond, told by John Lazaropoulos, that Alexis slew a dragon during his reign. (Miller, Trebizond, p. 41) Jan Olof Rosenqvist has pointed out that this story of Alexis & a dragon has a number a similarities with the story of George & the Dragon. One wonders if Lazaropoulos' story had an influence on this fresco, & if so how much.

Covering these would help to flesh out this topic. -- llywrch (talk) 05:34, 26 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As a further thought, one of the handicaps that WP:NPOV imposes on writing useful articles is that one cannot point out the similarities between this fresco where a princess given to sate the appetite of a dragon, & the Trapezuntine practice of offering princesses to their Moslem adversaries for marriage with its carnal features -- all because no primary or secondary source failed to say this first. Of course, such daughters of the Emperors of Trebizond were not dead to their relatives, & in at least one instance did visit their families after married, but Pisanello may not have known this. -- llywrch (talk) 13:54, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]