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The Legend of Seyavash begins with the stuff of romancea foreign girl of royal blood, found as a fugitive and introduced into the kings harem, gives birth to a son, Seyavash, who is raised not by his father the king, but by the great hero Rostam. On Seyavashs return home Sudabeh, his stepmother, attempts to seduce him, and when he spurns her she accuses him of having attempted to rape her. He undergoes a trial by fire to prove his innocence, and goes on to battle successfully against Irans rival, Turan, concluding a truce with the Turanian king, Afrasyab, on amicable terms. But Seyavashs father, Kavus, insists that Seyavash surrender the Turanian hostages to slaughter, and with a conflicted conscience and no one to turn to, Seyavash flees to the Turanian court, where he is first given safe harbor, but is once again abandoned. Dick Davis has made a masterful translation of the poem and written a penetrating introduction.
DICK DAVIS was born in Portsmouth, England in 1945 and educated at Kings College, Cambridge (B.A. and M.A. in English Literature), and at the University of Manchester (Ph.D. in Medieval Persian Literature). He is currently professor of Persian at Ohio State University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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