The Early Death of Abou Alhassan Aly
The Interview


ARABIAN NIGHTS

THE SEVEN VOYAGES OF SINDBAD
First Voyage
Second Voyage
Third Voyage
Fourth Voyage
Fifth Voyage
Sixth Voyage
Seventh and Last Voyage
ALADDIN'S WONDERFUL LAMP




THE ROMANCE OF ANTAR

[_Translation by Étienne Delécluse and Epiphanius Wilson_]


INTRODUCTION

The romantic figure of Antar, or Antarah, takes the same place in
Arabian literature as that of Achilles among the Greeks. The Cid in
Spain, Orlando in Italy, and Arthur in England, are similar examples of
national ideals put forth by poets and romance writers as embodiments of