Vepʻxistqaosani

Shota Rustaveli First published 1888

About this book

This epic by the Georgian poet Rust'haveli has been the book of a nation for 700 years. It was expected that the text, based on a Persian original and reflecting Georgia's position as a crossroads between east and west, would be memorized by all female members of the country's aristocracy.

Subjects

  • aphorisms and apothegms
  • english poetry
  • epic literature
  • georgian epic literature
  • georgian epic poetry
  • georgian poetry
  • georgian romances
  • knights and knighthood
  • poetry
  • poetry, medieval
  • poetry (poetic works by one author)
  • russian epic poetry
  • textual criticism
  • translations from georgian
  • translations into english
  • translations into hebrew