附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Abbreviations; Transcription systems; Preface; List of illustrations; Chapter One Introduction; Chapter Two The Greek sources; Chapter Three The Persian sources; Chapter Four Transformations of the text; Chapter Five Reconstruction of the plot; Chapter Six Problems and challenges; Bibliography; Index of passages in Greek and Roman authors; Index of references to the Greek and Persian fragments and testimonia; General index.
摘要:Starting from the author's discovery that the Persian epic poem Vamiq and Adhra by Unsuri (11th century AD) derives from the ancient Greek novel of "Metiokhos and Parthenope", this work contains critical editions of the Greek and Persian fragments and testimonia, with comments.