Panthea's Children: Hellenistic Novels and Medieval Persian Romances |
Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgements | 1 |
ONE The Veil in the Rock | 11 |
TWO Obstacles to Love | 37 |
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11th century 11th century Persian accused Achaemenid empire Adhrā Alexander Romance ancient apparently Arabic Arsake Avesta Ayyuqi beautiful beloved bridal abduction bride Callirhoe century Persian romances Chariclea chaste chastity common era Cyropaedia Cyrus Dārābnāmeh daughter death detail endogamy Ephesian Tale fact falls in love father Ferdowsi's Ferdowsi's Shāhnāmeh Greek and Persian Greek cultural Greek novels Greek romances Greek texts Habrocomes Heliodorus Heliodorus's Ethiopica Hellenistic Hellenistic romances hero heroine husband hybrid Iranian Kalligone king Leukippe and Kleitophon literary lovers marriage married Mary Boyce Metiochos Metiochos and Parthenope Mobed motifs narrative Nektanebos nurse Odatis and Zariadres Onsori's Pahlavi Panthea parallel Parthian Parthian period perhaps Persian court Persian culture Persian texts plot Pseudo-Callisthenes pyre Rāmin rape Rostam Sasanian scene seems sexual Seyavash story Sudabeh suggests survives Tarsusi Tehran Theagenes topoi topos translation trial by fire Vameq Vāmeq o Adhra Varqeh o Golshāh virginity Vis's Western Asia woman Xenophon young Zariadres