| Author | |
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| Epoch | 1842-1900 (XIX) |
| Work | “The Flower of our Life” (Georgian Prose, book X, comp. G. Gverdtsiteli, R. Tvaradze, Tbilisi, 1984) |
| Type | |
| Quote | “He had also read a lot about the life of Romans and Greeks in Georgian language […] When the young man used to recount the stories about Hannibal and Caesar his eyes began to sparkle and he talked excitedly especially about Hannibal’s charity and self-sacrifice […] From among the old heroes Dito particularly doted on Hannibal and Scipio. When he talked about them everybody noticed that the young man would reckon it a great happiness if he experienced being Hannibal or Scipio” later in his life” (pg. 145) |
| Term |
Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.
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