Georgios Chortatzis | |
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 Cover of Erofili (1637 edition) | |
| Born | c. 1550 |
| Died | c. 1660 |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Known for | Literature |
| Notable work | Erofili, Katsourbos, Panoria |
| Movement | Cretan Renaissance, Cretan literature |
Georgios Chortatzis or Chortatsis ( Greek: Γεώργιος Χορτάτζης/Χορτάτσης; c. 1545 – c. 1610) [1] was a Greek dramatist in Cretan verse. He was, along with Vitsentzos Kornaros, one of the main representatives of a school of literature in the vernacular Cretan dialect that flourished in the late 16th and early 17th centuries under Venetian rule. [2] His best-known work is Erofili (or Erophile), a tragedy set in Egypt. [1]
References
- ^ a b Norman Davies (1996). Europe: A History. Oxford University Press. p. 562. ISBN 0-19-820171-0.
- ^ Robert Browning (1983). Medieval and Modern Greek. Cambridge University Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 0-521-29978-0.
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Georgios Chortatzis | |
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Cover of Erofili (1637 edition) | |
| Born | c. 1550 |
| Died | c. 1660 |
| Nationality | Greek |
| Known for | Literature |
| Notable work | Erofili, Katsourbos, Panoria |
| Movement | Cretan Renaissance, Cretan literature |
Georgios Chortatzis or Chortatsis ( Greek: Γεώργιος Χορτάτζης/Χορτάτσης; c. 1545 – c. 1610) [1] was a Greek dramatist in Cretan verse. He was, along with Vitsentzos Kornaros, one of the main representatives of a school of literature in the vernacular Cretan dialect that flourished in the late 16th and early 17th centuries under Venetian rule. [2] His best-known work is Erofili (or Erophile), a tragedy set in Egypt. [1]
References
- ^ a b Norman Davies (1996). Europe: A History. Oxford University Press. p. 562. ISBN 0-19-820171-0.
- ^ Robert Browning (1983). Medieval and Modern Greek. Cambridge University Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 0-521-29978-0.
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