ABSTRACT
The mythical models proposed by historiographic metafiction are put forward with the help of contrastive pairs that move and coexist in parallel, reflecting the postcolonial model of the 'divided nation' that is contrasted to the modern homogeneous nation. The chapter presents a text that deconstructs a national myth and replaces it with another equally mythical model, stealing the language of myths, as Roland Barthes has put it. The prevailing national myth presupposes not only the self-evident fact that the geographical region of Greek Macedonia belongs to the Greek state, but that historically, culturally and racially it belongs to the Greek nation. Pinelopi Delta's novel employs a realistic presentation, treating the Other as an already known object, the result of the subject's pre-existing knowledge—a characteristic technique of colonial ideology. Captain Agras pursues a particular policy towards the Macedonian question, which in principle consists in approaching the rival Bulgarians with the aim of forging an alliance with them.
