Shemʿun Quqoyo
Shemʿun Quqoyo
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Shemʿun Quqoyo (5th/6th cent.) [Syr. Orth.]
舍姆农·库科耶 (Shemʿun Quqoyo) (5/6 世纪) [叙利亚正教 (Syr. Orth.)]
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Author of nine short poems on the Nativity.
九首关于圣诞的短诗的作者。
Author of nine short poems on the Nativity. When Yaʿqub of Serugh came across him working as a potter (quqoyo) in Geshir, a village in north Syria, he soon recognized his poetic talents. Imitations of his poems gave rise to a specific genre of poems, designated ‘quqoye’.
九首关于圣诞短诗的作者。当萨鲁格的雅各布 (Yaʿqub of Serugh) 在叙利亚北部的格希尔 (Geshir) 村遇见他正在做陶工 (quqoyo) 时,很快便认可了他的诗歌才华。对其诗歌的模仿催生了一种特定的诗歌体裁,被称为‘陶工诗’(quqoye)。
References
S. P. Brock, Bride of Light. Hymns on Mary from the Syriac Churches (Moran Etho 6; 1994), 102–8. (ET)
S. Euringer, in OC II.3 (1913), 221–35. (Syr. with GT)
Citation
Sebastian P. Brock. 2011. “Shemʿun Quqoyo.” In Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Beth Mardutho. https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Shemun-Quqoyo.