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[All]: For Eiríkr’s splendid reception by the Byzantine emperor, see also Saxo (2005, II, 12, 7, 1-6, pp. 78-83). It is interesting that his stay in Constantinople is not documented at all in contemporary Gk sources (see ÍF 35, 238 n. 1).