 A purely folklore version of the epos, a tale, was first published in the Georgian press in 1858.A more complete publication by the Georgian folklorist Petre Umikashvili followed in 1875.The romance inspired the Georgian writer Vazha-Pshavela (1861–1915) to write his poem "Eteri", and composer Zakaria Paliashvili (1871–1933) to create his classical opera "Abesalom and Eteri".