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Vāmiq U 'Adhrā
''Metiochus and Parthenope'' ( el, Μητίοχος καὶ Παρθενόπη, ''Mētiokhos kai Parthenopē'') is an Ancient Greek novel that, in a translation by the eleventh-century poet ‘Unṣurī, also became the Persian romance epic ''Vāmiq u ‘Adhrā'', and the basis for a wide range of stories about the 'lover and the virgin' in medieval and modern Islamicate cultures. Greek text ''Metiochus and Parthenope'' is similar in style to Chariton's ''Chaereas and Callirhoe'', from the first century BC or AD, and so is presumed to be equally old, making it one of the first prose novels in the Western literary tradition. The text survives only in small fragments of papyrus from Egypt, but references in Greek literature of the Roman period, a Syrian mosaic of c. 200 depicting the protagonists, and another from Zeugma, Commagene, shows the story's continued importance during the Roman period. Drawing on surviving sources, Hägg and Utan reconstruct the following plot. The sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosaic Of Metiochus And Parthen - 2-3 Century - Zeugma Mosaic Museum - Gaziantep - Turkey (5771953059)
A mosaic is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Roman world. Mosaic today includes not just murals and pavements, but also artwork, hobby crafts, and industrial and construction forms. Mosaics have a long history, starting in Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC. Pebble mosaics were made in Tiryns in Mycenean Greece; mosaics with patterns and pictures became widespread in classical times, both in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Early Christian basilicas from the 4th century onwards were decorated with wall and ceiling mosaics. Mosaic art flourished in the Byzantine Empire from the 6th to the 15th centuries; that tradition was adopted by the Norman Kingdom of Sicily in the 12th century, by the eastern-influenced Republic of Venice, and among the Rus. Mosai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
