Call Me Daughter (The Proposal)
The emperor proposes; Olha points out that a godfather cannot marry his goddaughter under his own church law, and he says 'Olha, you have outwitted me'. Back in Kyiv she sends his envoys home empty-handed. Chronicle legend: historians regard the proposal as a literary set piece (Constantine VII was married to the empress Helena at the time); the godfather trap, the 'outwitted' line and the Pochaina reply are all the Chronicle's. Fact: the gifts and the title of honour; Olha did receive Byzantine envoys afterwards.
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