Dínus saga drambláta

Dínus saga drambláta (also known, inter alia, as Saga af Dínus ok Philomena) is an Old Norse romance-saga, assumed to have been composed first in the fourteenth century. The saga is noted for its scholarly, highbrow style.

According to Kalinke and Mitchell,

The saga recounts the various maneuvers of Dínus, the son of the king of Egypt, and Philotemia, daughter of Maximilianus of Africa, to outwit each other. They have in common the idiosyncrasy of scorning the love of all members of the opposite sex. By means of a magic apple each succeeds in arousing the passion of the other, however. Before the two are finally joined in marriage, they encounter spells, shape-shifting, and various degradations imposed on one another.

The saga is attested in three main versions. It was also the basis for later rímur.

Kalinke and Mitchell identified the following manuscripts of the saga:

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