Sohrab and Rustum - wikipedia Sohrab and Rustum Sohrab and Rustum : An Episode is a narrative poem with strong tragic themes first published in 1853 by Matthew Arnold. The poem retells a famous episode from Ferdowsi 's Persian epic Shahnameh relating how the great warrior Rustum unknowingly slew his long - lost son Sohrab in single combat. Arnold, who was unable to read the original, relied on summaries of the story in John Malcolm 's History of Persia and Sainte - Beuve 's review of a French prose translation of Ferdowsi. In Sohrab and Rustum, Arnold attempted to imitate the `` grandeur and rapidity '' of Homer 's style which he was to discuss in his lectures On Translating Homer ( 1861 ). The poem consists of 892 lines of blank verse. Notes Jump up ^ Arnold, Matthew Poetical Works Oxford University Press, 1950. Jump up ^ Poetical Works, pp. 488 -- 493 Jump up ^ Craig W. Kallendorf A Companion to the Classical Tradition ( John Wiley & Sons, 2010 ) p. 87 External links Wikisource has original text related to this article : Sohrab and Rustum Sohrab and Rustum ( from Archive.org ) Sohrab and Rustum : An Episode public domain audiobook at LibriVox Matthew Arnold Prose On Translating Homer ( 1861 ) Culture and Anarchy ( 1869 ) Poetry Tristram and Iseult ( 1852 ) `` To Marguerite : Continued '' ( 1852 ) `` The Scholar Gipsy '' ( 1853 ) Sohrab and Rustum ( 1853 ) Balder Dead ( 1855 ) `` Thyrsis '' ( 1865 ) `` Dover Beach '' ( 1867 ) Family Tom Arnold ( brother ) Thomas Arnold ( father ) William Delafield Arnold ( brother ) Rostam and Sohrab from Ferdowsi 's Shahnameh Characters Rostam Sohrab Operas Rustam and Zohrab ( 1910 Hajibeyov ) Rostam and Sohrab ( 1963 Tjeknavorian ) Other Rustom O Sohrab ( play ) Sohrab and Rustum ( epic poem ) Battle of the Kings : Rostam and Sohrab ( film ) Farsala Trilogy ( novels ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sohrab_and_Rustum&oldid=834122519 '' Categories : Narrative poems 19th - century poems 1850s poems Poetry by Matthew Arnold Filicide in fiction Works based on Shahnameh Hidden categories : Articles with LibriVox links Talk About Wikipedia Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 4 April 2018, at 01 : 46 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: the story of sohrab and rustum is taken from
Answer: a famous episode from Ferdowsi's Persian epic Shahnameh