Life of King of Kings Giorgi (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. II, 1959)

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Author	Unknown Author (Life of King of Kings Giorgi)
Epoch	XIII c.
Work	Life of King of Kings Giorgi (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. II, 1959)
Type	Prose
Quote	“Plutarch, who exaggeratedly praises historical kings, extended his story about Alexander” (pg. 2)
Term	Alexander of Macedon ( ) Plutarch ( )

Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.

Comment	T. Khaukhchishvili: βίοι παράλληλοι has always been quite a popular work in all epochs and it seems the Georgian historian has this in mind, when he praises Plutarch and speaks about extolling Alexander by him” (T. Khaukhchishvili, Antique World in the Historiography of Rustaveli Epoch. Historians of Tamar, Macne, the series of history, archeology, ethnography and history of art, Tbilisi, 1974, p. 107).

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T. Khaukhchishvili: βίοι παράλληλοι has always been quite a popular work in all epochs and it seems the Georgian historian has this in mind, when he praises Plutarch and speaks about extolling Alexander by him” (T. Khaukhchishvili, Antique World in the Historiography of Rustaveli Epoch. Historians of Tamar, Macne, the series of history, archeology, ethnography and history of art, Tbilisi, 1974, p. 107).

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