Davtak Kertogh

Davtak Kertogh was a 7th-century Armenian poet who authored the first known work of Armenian poetry on a secular subject. He is the author of "Elegy on the Death of the Great Prince Jevansher" ("Ołbk῾ i mahn Jewanshiri metsi ishkhani"), dedicated to Juansher, a 7th-century prince of Caucasian Albania who was murdered by a traitor, The only information that has survived about Davtak comes from the history attributed to Movses Kaghankatvatsi, in which Davtak's elegy for Juansher—his only known work—is recorded. According to Movses, Davtak was a guest at the royal court in Partav, the capital of Caucasian Albania, when Juansher was assassinated (669).

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