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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “It (the winter, E. K.) is accompanied by the protective winds: Lips, Zephyrus, Phoenix, Boreas, Notus […] Together with the great knowledge of the ancient mythology, the... |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “It is utterly surprising, how could the researchers of Georgian literature place the magnificent original poetic creation on the Procrustean Bed so unquestionably? (p.246) |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “At the same time, it is also noteworthy, that Guramishvili knew the works of Theocritus and Vergil – as Theocritus is considered the father of Bucolic poetry […] The great Roman... |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “Bucolic Poetry, “A minor genre of Alexandrian Poetry”, sees the source in folklore. […] This genre was created in the third century B.C., its founder is considered to be... |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “The wise man, - as Epicurus teaches us, - does not either run away from life or imagine death as a great evil, as the most horrible of the evils – death, does not directly touch... |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “mors quid est, aut finis transitus” Seneca [...] What is death, end of everything or transformation”, - Seneca”. (pg. 191) |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “The Emperor’s Court had well mastered Roman divide et impera”. (pg. 168) |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “Having read Aeschylus’ “Prometheus Bound” Marx has made the following comment: “here the Greek Gods are mortally wounded”. Aeschylus’ Zeus in... |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “This was well perceived by Ancient Romans and for the purpose of removing their own kin from politics and gaining fame among the populace, they made prisoners fight the beasts of prey or kill... |
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Elguja Maghradze | 1926-1999 | Lamentation (Elguja Maghradze, Two Novels, Tbilisi, 1984) | Prose | “Their minds have been preoccupied with the like memories pertaining to Trojan Horse”. (pg. 79) |
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