The Suspended Odes

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The Suspended Odes are a celebrated collection of pre-Islamic Arabic poems, traditionally said to have been so esteemed that they were hung on the walls of the Kaaba in Mecca.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Suspended Odes canonical 2
The Seven Odes 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic literary work ⓘ
collection of poems ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabic poetry ⓘ
associatedWith Jahiliyyah ⓘ
linked to: Pre-Islamic Arabia
associatedWithScholar Ḥammād al-Rāwiya ⓘ
linked to: Hammad al-Rāwiya
compiledBy later philologists ⓘ
containsPoemBy Imruʾ al-Qays ⓘ
linked to: Imru’ al-Qays

Labīd ibn Rabīʿa ⓘ
linked to: Labid ibn Rabi‘a

Zuhayr ibn Abī Sulmā ⓘ
al-Aʿshā ⓘ
linked to: Al-A‘sha

al-Nābigha al-Dhubyānī ⓘ
al-Ḥārith ibn Ḥilliza ⓘ
ʿAlqama ibn ʿAbada ⓘ
ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm ⓘ
ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād ⓘ
linked to: Antarah ibn Shaddad

Ṭarafa ibn al-ʿAbd ⓘ
culturalContext pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
genre qasida ⓘ
hasAlternativeName The Hanging Odes ⓘ
The Muʿallaqāt ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muʿallaqāt

The Suspended Poems ⓘ
hasArabicName المعلقات ⓘ
hasCanonicalPoets seven major poets ⓘ
hasLegend poems were written in gold and hung in the Kaaba ⓘ
hasTraditionalNumber 7 ⓘ
hasTransliteration al-Muʿallaqāt ⓘ
linked to: Al-Muʿallaqāt
hasVariantNumber 10 ⓘ
historicalStatus most famous anthology of pre-Islamic Arabic odes ⓘ
historicityOfLegend disputed by modern scholars ⓘ
influenceOn classical Arabic criticism ⓘ
later Arabic poetry ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
laterTransmission written manuscripts ⓘ
literaryImportance foundation of classical Arabic poetic canon ⓘ
meter classical Arabic meters ⓘ
numberOfPoems 10 ⓘ
7 ⓘ
preservation oral tradition ⓘ
region Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
studiedIn Arabic literature ⓘ
Islamic studies ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ
theme desert journey ⓘ
generosity ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
love ⓘ
tribal honor ⓘ
warfare ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
timePeriod 6th century CE ⓘ
early 7th century CE ⓘ
traditionalSetting Kaaba in Mecca ⓘ
linked to: Kaaba
traditionalStatus hung on the walls of the Kaaba ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mu'allaqat → hasAlternativeName → The Suspended Odes ⓘ
A. J. Arberry → notableWork → The Seven Odes ⓘ
linked to: The Suspended Odes
Al-Muʿallaqāt → translation → The Suspended Odes ⓘ