Du nouveau sur les Amazones dans les sources arabes et persanes médiévales

• Authors: Jean-Charles Ducène

Abstracts

EN

In the Arab geographic Literature, since Al-Wwārizmī, the Amazons are generally located in two islands in the North of Europe, contrary to the Classical tradition. In this paper, we want to draw the attention on two classical sources translated into Arabic: the Galen’s commentary on the Hippocratic treatise on airs, waters, places, (Περὶ ἀέρων, υδάτων, τόπων) and the Ororius Historiae adversus paganos, which placed the Amazons in a region bordering the Black sea. We analyze here their influence in the Arab literature.

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Rocznik Orientalistyczny
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 38-45

Dates

published

2011

Contributors

author

Jean-Charles Ducène

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

707778