Note 126 — Chapter X · SYRIA AND THE LAND OF THE NABATAEANS.
William P. (William Purdie) Dickson translation
Syriac literature consists almost exclusively of translations of Greek works. Among profane writings treatises of Aristotle and Plutarch stand in the first rank, then practical writings of a juristic or agronomic character, and books of popular entertainment, such as the romance of Alexander, the fables of Aesop, the sentences of Menander.