the W()RD

The W()RD now is Shota Rustaveli (c.1172 - c.1216), who appeared recently here in an anagram. His poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin can be found online in English at
http://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/mps/index.htm
in French at
http://sisauri.tripod.com/lit/french/roustaveli.html
and in Russian (halfway down or so) at
http://www.geocities.com/komblege/leoni1.htm
Yes, it's long, but it's Georgia's national epic. Read it (online or buy it if you'd rather) to learn a huge amount about the country then and now.