The most important Georgian witness is the 12th-century manuscript titled or "Apami" , preserved at the National Center of Manuscripts in Tbilisi. For centuries, when a Georgian speaker asked for "Troy Qartulad," they were handed this text: a epic in prose and verse where Achilles, Hector, and Priam behave not like Homeric pagans, but like Georgian feudal lords.
Achilles (Achilleas) sulks not because of a slight to his personal honor ( timē ), but because of a violation of feudal submission. Agamemnon is portrayed as a weak eristavi (duke) who fails to respect the code of the warrior retinue. The famous embassy to Achilles reads like a feudal arbitration. Troy Qartulad