The knight in the tiger skin

Description:

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: Translations into English,  Georgian Epic poetry,  Poetry,  Knights and knighthood,  Aphorisms and apothegms,  Translations into Hebrew,  Georgian Epic literature,  English poetry,  Translations from Georgian,  Textual Criticism,  Georgian poetry,  Poetry (poetic works by one author),  Russian Epic poetry,  Poetry, medieval,  Epic literature

People: Shota Rustaveli (12th/13th cent)