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Anna Komnéna bola byzantská princezná, najstaršia dcéra byzantského cisára Alexia I. Komnéna a Ireny Dukainy. Jedna z prvých historičiek na svete a jediná byzantská historička. Je autorkou historického eposu Alexiáda, ktorý pojednáva o vláde jej otca Alexia. Wikipedia  

✵ 1. december 1083 – 1153
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“The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration;”

Anna Comnena kniha Alexiad

The Alexiad, Preface
Kontext: The stream of Time, irresistible, ever moving, carries off and bears away all things that come to birth and plunges them into utter darkness, both deeds of no account and deeds which are mighty and worthy of commemoration; as the playwright [Sophocles] says, it 'brings to light that which was unseen and shrouds from us that which was manifest.' Nevertheless, the science of History is a great bulwark against this stream of Time; in a way it checks this irresistible flood, it holds in a tight grasp whatever it can seize floating on the surface and will not allow it to slip away into the depths of Oblivion.

“Father and son you might liken to caterpillars and locusts, for what was left by Robert, his son fed on and devoured.”

Anna Comnena kniha Alexiad

Of Robert Guiscard and his son Bohemund
The Alexiad, Book 1