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	“Thus he crossed through the troops and the whole army and sharpened spears just like “Aphrodis” (pg. 9)
Term	Alexander of Aphrodisias ( )

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

Comment	In S. Khaukhchishvili’s opinion, “Aphrodis” implies Alexander of Aphrodisias, whom Petritsi usually mentions together with Aristotle” (S. Kaukhchishvili, The History and Eulogy of Monarchs” and Ioane Petritsi, Moambe, III, N 1, 1942, pg. 92). T. Khaukhchishvili: “… I think, it is not a Greek philosopher who is mentioned here, but some famous hero, and if “Phrodis” still indicates a philosopher, then we may surmise that this place comes from Ioane Petritsi. (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. 110). K. Kekelidze translates this part into Russian so, that he mentions Fridon instead of Aphrodis , the personage from Ferdowsi’s “Shahnameh” (Картлис Цховреба, История Грузии, главый редактор Роин Метревели, Тбилиси, 2008, 247).

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In S. Khaukhchishvili’s opinion, “Aphrodis” implies Alexander of Aphrodisias, whom Petritsi usually mentions together with Aristotle” (S. Kaukhchishvili, The History and Eulogy of Monarchs” and Ioane Petritsi, Moambe, III, N 1, 1942, pg. 92).

T. Khaukhchishvili: “… I think, it is not a Greek philosopher who is mentioned here, but some famous hero, and if “Phrodis” still indicates a philosopher, then we may surmise that this place comes from Ioane Petritsi. (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. 110).

K. Kekelidze translates this part into Russian so, that he mentions Fridon instead of Aphrodis , the personage from Ferdowsi’s “Shahnameh” (Картлис Цховреба, История Грузии, главый редактор Роин Метревели, Тбилиси, 2008, 247).

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