title: Re-thinking the &lt;em&gt;Life of Constantine-Cyril the Philosopher&lt;/em&gt;
abstract: The body of work devoted to the study of the lives of Constantine-Cyril and Methodius as inventors of the Slavonic alphabet and acclaimed apostles to the Slavs is almost boundless. 1 Their legacies are intertwined with complex national myths and constructions of modern identities, and continue to inspire geo-political controversy. 2 Vladimir Putin's statement to the Macedonian president on 24 May 2017 (the official 'Day of the Slavonic Alphabet') that 'the Slavic alphabet and literature came to 
journal: The Slavonic and East European Review