Life of Georgian Kings and First Fathers and Relatives (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. I, 1955)

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Author	Leonti Mroveli
Epoch	XI c.
Work	Life of Georgian Kings and First Fathers and Relatives (Life of Kartli, text identified based on all key manuscripts by S. Kaukhchishvili, v. I, 1955)
Type	Prose
Quote	“At this time there lived one lad in Mtskheta, whose name was Pharnaoz […] he was Samaris’ nephew, who at the time of Alexander’s advent to Mtskheta was headman of Mtskheta. Samaris and and his brother, Pharnavaz’s father had been killed by Alexander […] We would be enemies to Azon, the leader”. (pg. 20)
Term	Azon ( ) Alexander of Macedon ( )

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

Comment	G. Kavtaradze: “It is well known, that Alexander himself never invaded Caucasus, although the Georgian and Armenian chronicles’ notes, justly considered legendary, about Alexander the Great’s involvement in the matters of Caucasus and its adjacent territories and, in all probability, the local governors’ really existing wishes to link their own goals to Macedonians’ interests and use their power for the realization of these goals, are allegedly reflected in the Roman writer’s and politician’s of the II century A.D., Flavius Arianne’s work “Alexander’s Campaign” [According to Flavius Arianne’s note, in 329/328 B.C. Pharsmanes, the king of “Khwarezm”, visited Alexander and offered him alliance in fighting against Colchis and Amazons. Alexander promised him that after conquering Asia and returning via Hellespont and Proponditis he would by all means invade Ponto (Arrianus, 67, XV, IV)E.K.] (G. Kavtaradze, Probleme der historischen Geographie Anatoliens und Transkaukasiens im ersten Jahrtausend v. Chr. (Caucasica) – Orbis Terrarum, Internationale Zeitschrift für historische Geographie der Alten Welt, 2, 1996, Stuttgart, 1996, 191-216).

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G. Kavtaradze: “It is well known, that Alexander himself never invaded Caucasus, although the Georgian and Armenian chronicles’ notes, justly considered legendary, about Alexander the Great’s involvement in the matters of Caucasus and its adjacent territories and, in all probability, the local governors’ really existing wishes to link their own goals to Macedonians’ interests and use their power for the realization of these goals, are allegedly reflected in the Roman writer’s and politician’s of the II century A.D., Flavius Arianne’s work “Alexander’s Campaign” [According to Flavius Arianne’s note, in 329/328 B.C. Pharsmanes, the king of “Khwarezm”, visited Alexander and offered him alliance in fighting against Colchis and Amazons. Alexander promised him that after conquering Asia and returning via Hellespont and Proponditis he would by all means invade Ponto (Arrianus, 67, XV, IV)E.K.] (G. Kavtaradze, Probleme der historischen Geographie Anatoliens und Transkaukasiens im ersten Jahrtausend v. Chr. (Caucasica) – Orbis Terrarum, Internationale Zeitschrift für historische Geographie der Alten Welt, 2, 1996, Stuttgart, 1996, 191-216).

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