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Հիմնարար հայագիտություն=Fundamental Armenology
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On The Main Episodes Of The Epic Poem About Armenian-Arab Alliance
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Translated from the Armenian by Syuzanna Chraghyan
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Epic poem ; Hovhan Odznetsi ; folktale ; medieval sources ; Arab emir ; Byzantines
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The most famous Armenian epic poem, “Daredevils of Sassoun” (“Sasna Tsrer”), is a folk heroic poem about the centuries-old conflict between Christian Armenians and idolater Arabs. In contrast, there was another epic poem in which Armenians and Arabs acted as allies. During the Soviet period the study of this epic poem remained in the shadows, as its main character was a real historical figure, the Armenian Catholicos of that time.