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Nineteenth-Century Poetry

Nineteenth-Century Poetry (052.00.00)

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This ode eulogizes St. Vardan Mamikonian, the hereditary sparapet (grand marshal) of the Armenian forces, who died at the Battle of Avarayr in 451 while fighting Persian forces sent to convert the now-Christian Armenians to Zoroastrianism. Vardan’s exploits form the core of Egishē Vardapet’s influential mediaeval history, Վասն Վարդանայ եւ Հայոց պատերազմին (Concerning Vardan and the Armenian War).
This ode eulogizes St. Vardan Mamikonian, the hereditary <em>sparapet</em> (grand marshal) of the Armenian forces, who died at the Battle of Avarayr in 451 while fighting Persian forces sent to convert the now-Christian Armenians to Zoroastrianism. Vardan’s exploits form the core of Egishē Vardapet’s influential mediaeval history, Վասն Վարդանայ եւ Հայոց պատերազմին (Concerning Vardan and the Armenian War).