Minotaur (Archil Sulakauri, works in three volumes, vol. I, Poems – Stories, edited by Lia Sharvashidze, Tbilisi, 1997)

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Author	Archil Sulakauri
Epoch	1927-1997
Work	Minotaur (Archil Sulakauri, works in three volumes, vol. I, Poems – Stories, edited by Lia Sharvashidze, Tbilisi, 1997)
Type	Poetry
Quote	The poem “Minotaur”, as is seen from its title, depicts one of the best-known ancient Greek myths about Cretan king Minos and his bull-headed son Minotaur, who was shut up in the underground labyrinth. Minotaur was killed by Athenian Theseus with the help of Ariadne (pg. 33-37).
Term	labyrinth ( ) Ariadne’s thread ( ) Sciron ( ) Scyros ( ) Theseus ( ) Crete ( ) Minos ( ) Attica ( ) Minotaur ( ) Asterios ( ) Athenian ( )

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

Comment	In Ketevan Gardapkhadze’s view,“in the poem of Archil Sulakauri [“The Minotaur”], Minotaur and Theseus have changed their roles. Presented as the symbol of peace and stability of the mankind, Minotaur solely carries (although involuntarily) heavy burden – loneliness. And Theseus symbolizes hasty steps of the humankind, which afterwards always bring harm back to the universe. The Minotaur by Archil Sulakauri can be perceived as the unique interpretation of the myth in modern literature” (pp. 94-95). See in details: Ketevan Gardapkhadze, “The Minotaur” by Archil Sulakauri and “The House of Asterion” by Jorge Luis Borges,Logos (The Annual of Greek and Roman Studies), 2, Tbilisi, 2004, pp. 94-95. [Z.Kh.]

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In Ketevan Gardapkhadze’s view,“in the poem of Archil Sulakauri [“The Minotaur”], Minotaur and Theseus have changed their roles. Presented as the symbol of peace and stability of the mankind, Minotaur solely carries (although involuntarily) heavy burden – loneliness. And Theseus symbolizes hasty steps of the humankind, which afterwards always bring harm back to the universe. The Minotaur by Archil Sulakauri can be perceived as the unique interpretation of the myth in modern literature” (pp. 94-95). See in details: Ketevan Gardapkhadze, “The Minotaur” by Archil Sulakauri and “The House of Asterion” by Jorge Luis Borges,Logos (The Annual of Greek and Roman Studies), 2, Tbilisi, 2004, pp. 94-95. [Z.Kh.]

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