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SYNTIPAS , the See also:

Greek See also:form of Sindibad or Sendabar, an See also:Indian philosopher supposed to have lived about 'co B.C., and the reputed author of a collection of tales known generally in See also:Europe as the See also:story of the Seven See also:Wise Masters. They enjoyed immense popularity, and appeared in many See also:Oriental and Western See also:languages, A Greek See also:translation (probably from a See also:Syriac version), the earliest specimen of Romaic See also:prose (trth See also:century), is extant under the See also:title of The most pleasing Story of Syntipas the Philosopher. It is preceded by an introduction in See also:iambic See also:verse by a certain See also:Michael Andreopulos, who states that it was executed by See also:order of Michael, probably the See also:duke of Melitene in See also:Armenia. The translator is evidently a See also:Christian, although he has generally preserved the Oriental colouring. The See also:main outline is the same in the different versions, although they vary in detail and include different stories. A certain See also:prince, who had taken a See also:vow of silence for a See also:time on the See also:advice of his See also:tutor, was tempted by his stepmother. Her advances having been rejected, she accused him to his See also:father, who decided to put him to See also:death. The See also:device of the Arabian Nights is introduced by the wise men of the See also:court, who in turn relate stories to dissuade the See also:king from over-hasty See also:punishment, each story being answered by the See also:queen, who desires instant See also:action to be taken. When the See also:period of silence is over the prince speaks and establishes his innocence. In the Greek version the king is a king of See also:Persia, named See also:Cyrus, and Syntipas himself is the prince's tutor (See also:text in A. See also:Eberhard, Fabulae Ramanensea, i., 1872, " Teubner See also:Series "). For a discussion of the whole subject, see D.

See also:

Comparetti, Ricerche intorno al libro di Sindibad (1869; Eng. trans. by H. C. See also:Coote, Folk-See also:Lore Society, 1882) ; W. A. Clouston, The See also:Book of Sindibad (from the See also:Persian and Arabic, 1884; from the Syriac, by H. Gollancz, 1897); J. C. See also:Dunlop, Hist. of Prose Fiction (new ed., 1888), vol. ii.; C. See also:Krumbacher, Geschichte der byzantinischen Litt. (2nd ed., 1897). Sixty-two Aesopic fables, also translated from Syriac into Greek, are attributed to this same Syntipas (ed. C.

F. Matthai, 1781).

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