Editing Arash (section)

== Modern legend ==
[[Siavash Kasraie]], an Iranian poet, wrote the long poem of ''Arash the Archer'' in 1959. This epic narrative, based on the ancient Persian myth, depicts Arash's heroic sacrifice to liberate his country from foreign domination.<ref>[http://www.caroun.com/Literature/Iran/Poets/SiavoshKasrai/SiavoshKasrai.html Siavosh Kasrai, Iranian Poet], Caroun.com, Iranian literature</ref> [[Bahram Beyzai]] wrote ''Āraš'', which opened in 1977, as a response to Āraš-e kamāngīr. Neither a short story nor a play, Beyzai's ''Āraš'' was staged a number of times around the world, most notably at the Annenberg Auditorium at [[Stanford University]], in July 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/aras-avestan-erexsa|title=ĀRAŠ – Encyclopaedia Iranica|last=electricpulp.com|website=www.iranicaonline.org|access-date=19 April 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Peykan Zarrin Arash.jpg|thumb|Arash Kamangir's golden arrow]]