The Heritage of Armenian Literature Vol. 1: From the Oral Tradition to the Golden Age Book

	Preface	9
	Acknowledgments	11
	Transcription of the Armenian Alphabet	13
	Introduction	17
1	The Oral Tradition	23
2	Epic Tales	27
	Hayk and Bel	28
	The Legend of Aram	33
	Ara the Fair and Shamiram	35
	Shamiram's Death	39
3	Armenian Epics: Second Cycle	43
	Tigran and Azhdahak	43
	The Dying Words of King Artashes	55
	Reign of Artavazd, the explusion of his brothers and sisters, and his death with its allegory	56
4	Lyric Poetry	59
	The Wedding of Satenik	60
	The Birth of Vahagn, King of Armenia	61
5	Armenian Mythology	63
	Khaldi	65
	Hayk	65
	Ara	66
	Vahagn	66
	Aramazd	67
	Anahit	67
	Nane	68
	Mihr	68
	Astghik	69
	Tir	69
	The Main Features of Armenian Mythology	70
	About the Armenian Calendar	72
6	The Conversion to Christianity	75
7	The Armenian Alphabet	83
8	The Golden Age	93
	The Translation of the Bible	96
	The Translators	98
	The Hellenophile School	100
	Later Translators	102
	Original Literature	104
9	Sahak Partev	107
	Today, Coming to Bethany	108
	The King Has Come to Earth	109
10	Mesrop Mashtots	111
	The Seas of My Behavior	113
	I Flounder	113
	My Sins Are Too Multitudinous	114
	Help Us in Need	114
	Lord of Peace	114
11	Agathangelos	117
	History of the Armenians	122
12	Koriun	149
	The Story of the Life and Death of the Blessed Man, St. Mashtots Vardapet, Our Translator by His Pupil, Koriun Vardapet	152
13	Pavstos Buzand	183
	The Epic Histories	188
	The Bewitchment of King Arshak	208
14	Ghazar Parpetsi	213
	Letter of Ghazar Parpetsi	217
15	Yeghishe	239
	History of Vardan and the Armenian War	243
16	Yeznik Koghbatsi	267
	Refutation of the Sects	271
17	Davit Anhaght (David the Invincible)	287
	Definitions and Divisions of Philosophy	290
18	Movses Khorenatsi	305
	The History of Movses Khorenatsi	311
19	St. Shushanik	341
	The Martyrdom of Shushanik	343
20	The Golden Age: Minor Writers	359
21	Catholicos Giut	363
	The Letter from Bishop Giut to St. Vache, Full of God's Heavenly Grace	364
22	Hovhan Mandakuni	371
	Holy Translators' Canon	372
	Appendixes	373
	Bibliography	381