The Dawn of Literature

Æsop ancient Assyria Author's version Babylon Babylonian Bata beauty became behold Book of Kings Brahman brother Buddha Buddhist chants Chinese Christian Confucius dead death declared deeds drama Draupadi Dushyanta earth earthly Egypt Egyptian epic eyes faith fame famous father Firdausi Garden gods Greek Han Dynasty happy hath hear heart Heaven Hebrew Herbert Giles Hindu Holy human hundred India Iran Ishtar Jesus Kauravas King Krishna land legends length literary literature live London looked Lord Mahabharata Meher Mencius mighty modern monarch Nala narrative nation night Omar palace Pandavas passed Persian Pharaoh philosophy poem poet poetry praise prayers priests Prophets race Ravana religion religious romance ruler Rustem sacred sage Sakuntala scholars Shahnameh Sohrab song sorrow soul spirit story tale Talmud temples thee thine things thousand Tiamat to-day tomb translation Uba-aner unto vast wife wisdom wise woman words writings young