The virgin and her lover : fragments of an ancient Greek novel and a Persian epic poem / by Tomas Hägg & Bo Utas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hägg, Tomas.

Contributor:

Utas, Bo, 1938-

Series:

Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures 1571-5183 ; v. 30.

Brill studies in Middle Eastern literatures, 1571-5183 ; v. 30

Language:

English

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Persian

Subjects (All):

Epic literature, Persian--History and criticism.

Epic literature, Persian.

Greek literature--History and criticism.

Greek literature.

Physical Description:

xii, 278 pages, 6 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

Summary:

This publication and discussion of the fragments of the Greek novel of M?tiokhos and Parthenop? and the Persian epic poem based on it, ?Un?ur?'s V?miq and ?Adhr?, adds a new work to the corpus of ancient novels and sheds new light on Persian epic poetry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-261) and indexes.

ISBN:

9004132600

OCLC:

52312257