The knowledge of Eloqeunce
- Title
- The knowledge of Eloqeunce
- Date
- 9th century
- Description
- “The fifth meter of poetry is usually composed of six or seven strophics whose number sometimes increases or decreases. This meter belongs to a man named W'afa, an Aramaean philosopher. The composition of poetry by this man, whose name has been unknown for generations, is evidence that this art (poetry) is old with us.”
- Language
- Translated from Syriac to English
- Publisher
- (Patriarch Aphrem Barsaum's BERULE BDHIRE, Histoire des Sciences et de la litterature Syriaque, ND Holland 1987, p. 213)
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