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| Merab Kostava | 1939-1989 | The Titan of Tortures (Dedicated to Dostoevski) (Merab Kostava, Poetry, Tbilisi, 1990) | Poetry | “Is it that he is playing with fortune And will never find his self again” (pg. 16) |
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| Lia Sturua | 1939 (XX-XXI) | Penelope (Lia Sturua, On the Contrary, Tbilisi, 2014 | Poetry | “Penelope Never comes here She is sliding over the sea, That is, over the Homer Lying between the two lands Excuse his blindness The lamps and floodlights of damsels The... |
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| Lia Sturua | 1939 (XX-XXI) | On Plato’s motives (Lia Sturua, On the Contrary, Tbilisi, 2014) | Poetry | “On Plato’s motives So much snow lay on my flesh, That I’d rather have it cut it out, Blank points are necessary on the map, They will call it Terra incognita And... |
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| 1939 (XX-XXI) | Before … anatomy on your Table (Lia Sturua, On the Contrary, Tbilisi, 2014) | “Before they put anatomy on your table, You never let go of blood pressure meter Columns, columns – the whole Parthenon, Living inside as an oldish guide… To the... |
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| Lia Sturua | 1939 (XX-XXI) | What has Eaten the Vine? (Lia Sturua, What has Eaten the Vine?, Tbilisi, 2013) | Poetry | “What has Eaten the Vine” – Lia Sturua’s “Novel of Feelings” was written in 1994 – 2000. This book is the first prosaic work of the poet, which further... |
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| Lia Sturua | 1939 (XX-XXI) | Remembering the Myth (Lia Sturua, Selected, Tbilisi, 2013) | Poetry | “[…] When Zeus coupled with an earthly woman, He would put to oblivion heavens and moral, like a poet, He would slice his forehead, Parthenon’s marble, in two And bear... |
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| Lia Sturua | 1939 (XX-XXI) | Ancient Sonnet (Lia Sturua, Selected, Tbilisi, 2013) | Poetry | “They were hatching snake’s hatchlings – marble torsos, Then the blinded Hexameter, washing everything away With his poetry, would start to speak” (pg. 440) |
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| Iovane Sabanisdze | VIII C. | The Martyrdom of Abo of Tiflis (or Abo Tbileli) (Text and Versions, Ancient Georgian Hagiographic Literary Works, Book 1, Tbilisi, 1963) | Prose | “There are towns and places believing in Christ, in the kingdom of the king of Ionians (i.e. of Hellenes)”. (pg. 59- 60) |
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| Giorgi Merchule | X C. | The Vita of Grigol Khandzteli (or “Life of Gregory of Khandzta”), (Text and Versions, Ancient Georgian Hagiographic Literary Works, Book 1, Tbilisi, 1963) | Prose | “He also learned properly the wisdom of secular philosophy; he accepted whatever was good in it, but useless - he rejected. All the same - in accordance with the words of the Apostle - he was... |
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| Unknown Author (Chant of St. Nino) | (?) | “Chant of St. Nino” (Text: Chant of St. Nino, Tbilisi, 2011) | Poetry | “Rejoice, as you have refuted the Hellenic tempting philosophy”. (pg. 26) |
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