Antarah
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Antara bin Scheddad (arabisch عنترة بن شداد العبسي, DMG ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī) war ein vorislamischer arabischer Ritter und Dichter, der sowohl für seine Poesie als auch für sein abenteuerliches Leben berühmt war. Sein Hauptgedicht ist Teil der Mu'allaqat, der Sammlung der so genannten sieben „Hängenden Oden“ (muallakat-i seb'a, المعلقات al-Muʿallaqāt), die nach der Überlieferung in der Kaaba aufgehängt gewesen waren. Die Beschreibung seines Lebens bildet die Grundlage einer langen und extravaganten Romanze. (...) Der Zeitpunkt und die Art seines Todes sind umstritten. Nach einigen Quellen wurde er im Krieg getötet, nach anderen starb er im Alter eines natürlichen Todes. Ibn Doreid behauptet, er sei von Wasr-ben-Jaber getötet worden, oder in der Schlacht gegen die Tai, während Abu Obeida ihn in hohem Alter an einem natürlichen Tod sterben lässt. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antara_bin_Scheddad
Antarah ibn Shaddad al-Absi (Arabic: عنترة بن شداد العبسي), ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī; AD 525–608), also known as ʿAntar, was a pre-Islamic Arabian poet and knight, famous for both his poetry and his adventurous life. His chief poem forms part of the Mu'allaqāt, the collection of seven "hanging odes" legendarily said to have been suspended in the Kaaba at Mecca. The account of his life forms the basis of a long and extravagant romance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarah_ibn_Shaddad
Antar – ou Antara (en arabe : عنترة بن شداد العبسي, Antara bin Shaddād al-‘Absî?) – est un poète arabe pré-islamique du vie siècle, fils de Chadded, seigneur de la tribu des Beni 'Abs. Il aurait vécu de 525 à 608 apr. J.-C. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antar_(poète)
Antarah ibn Shaddad (en árabe: عنترة بن شداد العبسي, ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī; 525–608), también conocido como ʿAntar (en árabe: عنترة بن شداد العبسي), fue un caballero y poeta preislámico, famoso tanto por su poesía como por su vida aventurera. Su poema principal forma parte del Mu'allaqat, la colección de siete "odas colgadas" las legendarias poesías que se colocaban en los muros de la Kaaba. Su vida acabó convertida en un romancero popular largo y extravagante. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarah_ibn_Shaddad
ʿAntara Ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī (in arabo عنترة بن شداد العبسي?; Najd, 525 – 608*) è stato un poeta arabo, e guerriero pre-islamico famoso per le sue poesie e per la sua vita avventurosa. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antara_ibn_Shaddad
- ) al-Ziriklī, nel suo Aʿlām, dà invece la data del 600. Altri ipotizzano il 608. al-Ziriklī gibt in seinem Aʿlām stattdessen das Jahr 600 an. Andere vermuten das Jahr 608.
Encyclopedia Britannica 9th ed. (1878)
ANTARA, or. as he is usually called, Antar, an early Arabian warrior and poet, famous as the author of one of the poems hung up in the Kaaba at Mecca, and as the hero of a romance which bears somewhat the same relation to Arabic literature which the Arthurian legend bears to our own. He was the son of Shedad-el-Absi, a warrior in the army of Zoheir, by Zabuba, a negro slave who had been captured in some plundering expedition; and, if we can trust the Arabian romancist, he bore strong evidence of his negro origin. He spent his youth in servitude and neglect, but soon became known for his strength and high - handedness. Before long, while yet a slave, he fell in love with his cousin, the beautiful Abla, whose praises are still preserved at Mecca, but at the same time had the misfortune to incur the hate of his father s wife, Shameeah. A number, however, of happy opportunities presenting themselves, he showed such extra ordinary prowess against some hostile tribes, that his father was constrained to join in the public appreciation of his services, and to recognise him as his son. He now gradu ally rose in favour, and held for long a position of the greatest influence among his people, filling the surrounding country with the fame equally of his song and his sword. In a great war between two rival tribes, which lasted forty years, he is said to have played a very prominent part. The time and manner of his death are matter of dispute, Ibn Doreid making him be slain by Wasr-ben-Jaber, while, according to Abu Obeida, he died a natural death when- well stricken in years. Wherever the Arabic language is- known his fame is still green; and frequent references are made to Chubli Antar, Istabli Antar, Antar s house and Antar s stable. By whom the romantic account of \\\s life was originally written is far from being satisfactorily decided; but it is generally ascribed to Asmai, who lived at the court of Harun-al-Rashid. It is composed in rhyth mic prose, interspersed with fragments of verse, many of which are attributed to Antar himself. The style is remark ably pure, and a picture is afforded of early Arabian life that is equally graphic and minute. The romance, which in its fuller form extends to fifty or sixty MS. volumes, was first brought under European notice in 1802 by Von Hammer r who, after repeated perusal, spoke of it as surpassing the Arabian Nights in interest and beauty. Sir William Jones had already written in the highest terms about a part of it which had fallen in his way. In 1820 Terrick Hamil ton, brother of W. Hamilton, the author of Egyptiaca, published a translation of a portion of it from a condensed Syrian manuscript obtained at Aleppo; and this gave occasion for a number of articles on Antar in our periodical literature. (See Von Hammer, Mines de F Orient, 1802; Arnold s Moallakat, Leipsic, 1850; Ahlwardt s Divans of Six Ancient Arabic Poets, London, 1870; Kitto s Journal of Sacred Lit., 1850.) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Encyclopædia_Britannica,_Ninth_Edition/Antara
Encyclopedia Britannice 11th ed. (1911)
ʿANTARA IBN SHADDĀD, Arabian poet and warrior of the 6th century, was famous both for his poetry and his adventurous life. His chief poem is contained in the Moʽallakát. The account of his life forms the basis of a long and extravagant romance. His father Shaddād was a soldier, his mother Zabūba a negro slave. Neglected at first, he soon claimed attention and respect for himself, and by his remarkable personal qualities and courage in battle he gained his freedom and the acknowledgment of his father. He took part in the great war between the related tribes of Abs and Dhubyān, which began over a contest of horses and was named after them the war of Dāhis and Ghabrā. He died in a fight against the tribe of Ṭai. His poems, which are chiefly concerned with fighting or with his love for Abla, are published in W. Ahlwardt’s The Diwans of the six ancient Arabic Poets (London, 1870); they have also been published separately at Beirūt (1888). As regards their genuineness, cf. W. Ahlwardt’s Bemerkungen über die Aechtheit der alten arabischen Gedichte (Greifswald, 1872), pp. 50 ff. The Romance of ʽAntar (Sīrat ʽAntar ibn Shaddād) is a work which was long handed down by oral tradition only, has grown to immense proportions and has been published in 32 vols. at Cairo, 1307 (A.D. 1889), and in 10 vols. at Beirūt, 1871. It was partly translated by Terrick Hamilton under the title ʽAntar, a Bedoueen Romance (4 vols., London, 1820).
For an account of the poet and his works see H. Thorbeckes, Antarah, ein vorislamischer Dichter (Leipzig, 1867), and cf. the Book of Songs (see Abulfaraj), vol. vii. pp. 148-153.
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