The Saga of Grettir the Strong 6: Revenge in Constantinople

Cristoforo Buondelmonti - City of Constantinople in the 15th-century Liber insularum Archipelagi

Grettir's half-brother goes looking for revenge, and his killer goes to join the Varangian Guard.

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Sources:

  • Grettir's Saga, translated by Jesse Byock. Oxford University Press, 2009.

  • Grettir's Saga, translated by Denton Fox and Hermann Palsson. University of Toronto Press, 1974.

  • Collingwood, W.G. A Pilgrimage to the Saga-Steads of Iceland. W. Holmes, 1899.