“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 show your authority like Nestor, never get defeated like Leo encouraged by Dimitri” (XII, 98, 3)
Term	Nestor

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

Comment	n P. Ingorokhva’s opinion “Nestor”, who is mentioned here, is a famous hero of Homer’s Iliad – Nestor of Pylos (P. Ingorokhva, Literary Legacy of Rustaveli Epoc, Rustaveli Compilation, Tbilisi, 1938, p.52) In P. Kekelidze’s opinion the Nestor, mentioned in ”Abdulmesiani” is not Nestor of Pylos, but the other Nestor, a hero of the work of hagiographic character, which is known under the name “Torture of Dimitri Solluneli, the Thessalonian (K. Kekelidze, “Sketches from Old Georgian Literary History”, IV, Tbilisi, 1957, pp. 65-66).

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n P. Ingorokhva’s opinion “Nestor”, who is mentioned here, is a famous hero of Homer’s Iliad – Nestor of Pylos (P. Ingorokhva, Literary Legacy of Rustaveli Epoc, Rustaveli Compilation, Tbilisi, 1938, p.52)

In P. Kekelidze’s opinion the Nestor, mentioned in ”Abdulmesiani” is not Nestor of Pylos, but the other Nestor, a hero of the work of hagiographic character, which is known under the name “Torture of Dimitri Solluneli, the Thessalonian (K. Kekelidze, “Sketches from Old Georgian Literary History”, IV, Tbilisi, 1957, pp. 65-66).

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