al-Bīrūnī und der griechischen Parthenoperoman
Gotthard Strohmaier (Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften)
Abstract
The article examines the role played by al-Bīrūnī in the transmission of the ancient Greek novel of Metiochus and Parthenope to the 11th-century Persian romance epic of ʿUnṣurī titled Wāmiq u Aḏrāʾ.
Keywords
al-Bīrūnī, ʿUnṣurī, Wāmiq u Aḏrāʾ, Metiochus and Parthenope