“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	“You know Attical and Patrician teachings thoroughly; Euboean scholars, Proclus and Iamblichus are said to have told you: “In terms of multiplicity of our Parish we can’t compare with the Ocean of Wisdom, the first-born Tamar! Xenon, celestial creatures and Magi leaders call on you to become a leader of Peripatetic school followers” (VII, 53, 1-4)
Term	Peripatetic school followers Xenon Iamblichus Euboean Attical

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

Comment	According to Ivane Lolashvili Attical = Attican. Attica is a place in Greece. Here it is used generically: old-Greek, Helenian-Pagan; Attical vision, i.e. old-Greek philosophical teaching” (Old Georgian Eulogists, II vol. Tbilisi, 1964, pg. 267). According to Ivane Lolashvili: “Tamar is likened with Aristotle. If in ancient times Aristotle was a founder of Peripatetic School and its leader, now, in Shavtheli’s words, philosophers offer Tamar this honorary position” (Old Georgian Eulogists, II vol. Tbilisi, 1964, pg. 66).

Comment

According to Ivane Lolashvili Attical = Attican. Attica is a place in Greece. Here it is used generically: old-Greek, Helenian-Pagan; Attical vision, i.e. old-Greek philosophical teaching” (Old Georgian Eulogists, II vol. Tbilisi, 1964, pg. 267).

According to Ivane Lolashvili: “Tamar is likened with Aristotle. If in ancient times Aristotle was a founder of Peripatetic School and its leader, now, in Shavtheli’s words, philosophers offer Tamar this honorary position” (Old Georgian Eulogists, II vol. Tbilisi, 1964, pg. 66).

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