The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Stephen Orpelian
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 92
Stephen Orpelian reaches the reader through the measured distance of scholarship: a historian cited for the meanings carried by an old term. His brief appearance suggests a life devoted to preserving and interpreting the past, though the text gives no personal portrait.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 92
- Books
- 1
Stephen Orpelian is cited as an Armenian historian in a discussion of the term Arkaiun and its application to Oriental Christians. The source offers no account of his life beyond that scholarly reference.
Description
No physical portrait of Stephen Orpelian is supplied. He is identified as an adult man and historian, but his height, build, complexion, hair, eyes, facial features, clothing, and bearing are unspecified.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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