This anthology opens with an introduction to Armenia’s literature and church, then offers proverbs and folk tales such as The Sheep-Brother and The Youth Who Would Not Tell His Dream, a play by Gabriel Sundukyan, poems in metrical versions by Robert Arnot, and episodes of the heroic legend of David of Sassoun hurling his foes into the earth.
A rare English gateway into Armenian poetry and folklore, compiled at the turn of the twentieth century. Download the free EPUB.