al-Bīrūnī und der griechischen Parthenoperoman

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