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Collections: A Trip Through ‘Antarah Ibn Shaddad (Victory Songs) – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

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This week we are taking another trip through a medieval author, but quite a bit earlier – the end of the sixth century – and quite a bit further east: the Ethiopian-Arab warrior-poet &#…

Bret Devereaux A Trip Through , Collections April 10, 2020 April 10, 2020 17 Minutes This week we are taking another trip through a medieval author, but quite a bit earlier – the end of the sixth century – and quite a bit further east: the Ethiopian-Arab warrior-poet ‘Antarah ibn Shaddad. This trip ought to be ready closely with the one that is going to follow it (Bertran de Born, I flipped the order from my original intent). The similarities in values and vision between Bertran and ‘Antarah – both mounted military elites singing (with a mind to performance) about

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