• Givi Gegechkori

Golden Fleece (Givi Gegechkori, Poetry, Tbilisi, 1985)

• Poetry

“Afterwards you have always dreamed about the Golden Fleece:

Their ship comes in on a daily basis

And this ship brings the Golden Fleece.

[…]

We stand and stare, as they take the Golden Fleece.

Jason and his brethren ascend the boat

Those who left behind the Atrium’s light shade

And in whose eyes, the wave nears Boeotian shore

With Hexameter’s  slow pace” (pg. 28)

“Our bulls spewing gold

Are kneeling down on the Ares field

[…]

And the Pontus wind is blowing

Onto the sail of our ten-oar boat.

Many of our proud, unwavering and fervid  

Compatriots

Have crossed from Acropolis to Necropolis” (pp. 28-29)

“Who shall we blame – daughter of the king?

Oracle of Delphi” (pg. 29)

• Golden Fleece ( )
• ten-oar boat
• Jason ( )
• Atrium ( )
• Boeotian ( )
• Hexameter ( )
• Ares ( Ares filed )
• fire-breathing oxen ( )
• Pontus ( )
• Acropolis ( )
• Necropolis ( )
• Delphi ( )