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  • 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

“Sharpshooter Mosimachus, taught by Centaur”. (pg. 69)

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

According to Korneli Kekelidze, the name Mosimachus, who was renowned for his archery in Alexander Macedonian’s army, appears in Georgian chronicles only in George Hamartolos’ “Chronicles” (K. Kekelidze, “Sketches from Old Georgian Literary History”, I, Tbilisi, 1956, pp. 262-63).

 
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