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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Kornali (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “The ghost of beautiful Helen and Delilah has inseparably followed Adam’s progeny, pushing Parisses, blinded with love, towards unrests and wars and sapping insuperable... |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Kornali (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “He got acquainted with the wisdom of Socrates and Aristotle, Tacitus and Cicero in one of the secrete libraries” (pg. 541) |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Kornali (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | - “I heard someone’s voice from people, Caesar, come out, whoever of you is, Caesar. He is listening to you, - Hey Caesar, beware of March Ides …... |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Kornali (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “- Do you have a Georgian translation of Shakespeare? -I have, but only one tragedy, “Julius Caesar”. - “Julius Caesar?” […] Ushangi brought “Julius... |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Tsotne, that is the Fall and the Rise of Georgians (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “Had this “fund” not existed we would not have understood the behavior and character of the people of Antiquity and Medieval times” (pg. 440) |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Tsotne, that is the Fall and the Rise of Georgians (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “We may find an explanation for this […] in the words of Alexander Macedonian, corroborated by the historian of David Agmashenebeli: “Achilles, you were not great, but you... |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Tsotne, that is the Fall and the Rise of Georgians (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “Plutarch, Tacitus, Suetonius or Ibn Al Assir allow even for the miracles in their works” (pg. 432) |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Tsotne, that is the Fall and the Rise of Georgians (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “This is what a brilliant French philosopher, Montaigne, writes: “ his note – on Tacitus, - sometimes seems too daring […] Of the same character is his narrative, that with... |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Tsotne, that is the Fall and the Rise of Georgians (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “Its author knew a number of languages […] . He knew well Greek, Roman and Persian historical literature […] The Chronicles teem with the references to the authors of antiquity... |
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Grigol Abashidze | 1914-1994 | Tsotne, that is the Fall and the Rise of Georgians (Grigol Abashidze, Works in Three Volumes, Vol. 3, Tbilisi, 1985) | Prose | “The work of Georgian Chronicler […] deserves a merited place among those first-rate sources, which cause admiration of the European scientists spoiled by Greek and Roman authors ... |
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