Описание: | High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Although several sources (e. g. al-Biruni) appear to have considered ' Arash' to be the origin of the name ' Arshak' (i. e. Arsaces), the name of the Parthian dynasty derives from a Parthian- or Eastern Iranian equivalent of ' Ardashir' , i. e. ' Artaxerxes' , specifically Artaxerxes II, who the Arsacids claimed to descend from. Arash the archer should not be confused with the Shahnameh' s Kai Arash (the Avesta' s Kavi Arshan) the second son of Kei Qobad. Arash is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian-Persian oral tradition and folklore. |