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  • Murman Lebanidze
Epoch 1922-2002
Work

*** (The Eyes of This Man are upon Abkhazia…), (Murman Lebanidze, Works in Two Volumes, Vol. 1, preface by Publishing House, Tbilisi, 1989)

Type
  • Poetry
Quote

“Sea of Pontus!

You hide invisible reefs –

Many boats,

Crashed on them… (pg. 398)

Term
  • reefs ( Symplegades )
  • Pontus ( )
Reception of Antiquity
Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.
Comment

“The invisible reefs of Pontus”, i.e. the Symplegades or clashing rocks, found in the poem under consideration, allude to the Classical Tradition, namely the myth of the Argonauts”. [Z. K.]

 
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