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)

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: Covering these would help to flesh out this topic. -- llywrch (talk) 05:34, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) 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.
 * 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)