The Dawn of LiteratureThomas Y. Crowell Company, 1931 - 367 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 28
עמוד 188
... poet . After thirty years of slavish toil the Shahnameh stood completed - sixty thousand couplets packed , overflowing , with the lore , the legends , the traditions of Iran's existence . Firdausi , now an old man , had it presented to ...
... poet . After thirty years of slavish toil the Shahnameh stood completed - sixty thousand couplets packed , overflowing , with the lore , the legends , the traditions of Iran's existence . Firdausi , now an old man , had it presented to ...
עמוד 190
... poet wished to return he might do so safely and would also receive more than the number of gold pieces originally promised to him . Back to Tus came , then , the eighty - year - old Firdausi , infirm but steadfast in his determination ...
... poet wished to return he might do so safely and would also receive more than the number of gold pieces originally promised to him . Back to Tus came , then , the eighty - year - old Firdausi , infirm but steadfast in his determination ...
עמוד 233
... poet's wit that Hafiz's life was saved . Called into the presence of the scowling warrior , he was sternly asked by Tamerlane why he had pretended to possess cities in his line of poetry : " For the black mole on thy cheek I would give ...
... poet's wit that Hafiz's life was saved . Called into the presence of the scowling warrior , he was sternly asked by Tamerlane why he had pretended to possess cities in his line of poetry : " For the black mole on thy cheek I would give ...
תוכן
The Egyptian Character The Worlds Oldest Book | 45 |
THE DAWN IN INDIA | 74 |
THE DAWN IN PERSIA | 165 |
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מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Æsop ancient Assyria Author's version Babylon Babylonian Bata beauty became behold Book of Kings Brahman brother Buddha Buddhist chants Chinese Christian Confucius dead death declared deeds drama Draupadi Dushyanta earth earthly Egypt Egyptian epic eyes faith fame famous father Firdausi Garden gods Greek Han Dynasty happy hath hear heart Heaven Hebrew Herbert Giles Hindu Holy human hundred India Iran Ishtar Jesus Kauravas King Krishna land legends length literary literature live London looked Lord Mahabharata Meher Mencius mighty modern monarch Nala narrative nation night Omar palace Pandavas passed Persian Pharaoh philosophy poem poet poetry praise prayers priests Prophets race Ravana religion religious romance ruler Rustem sacred sage Sakuntala scholars Shahnameh Sohrab song sorrow soul spirit story tale Talmud temples thee thine things thousand Tiamat to-day tomb translation Uba-aner unto vast wife wisdom wise woman words writings young