“Abdulmesiani” (Abdulmesiani, under the editorship of Iv. Lolashvili, Tbilisi, 1964; Old Georgian Poetry, V-XIIcc. Compiled by S Tsaishvili, Tbilisi, 1979)

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Author	Ioane Shavteli
Epoch	XI-XII cc.
Work	“Abdulmesiani” (Abdulmesiani, under the editorship of Iv. Lolashvili, Tbilisi, 1964; Old Georgian Poetry, V-XIIcc. Compiled by S Tsaishvili, Tbilisi, 1979)
Type	Poetry
Quote	“Menander knows you and lauds you with golden voice” (III, 25, 1)
Term	Menander

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

Comment	Famous Greek poet-comediographer, aka “Menander’s Bard” (Chronographer of Monk Giorgi, under S.Kaukhchishvili’s editorship, 1920)… Shavtheli may have known it from Apophthegms of Arsen Ikhaltoeli” (Old Georgian Eulogists, II vol. Tbilisi, 1964, pg. 262).

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