Erotokritos

by Vitsentzos Kornaros

Overview

Erotokritos is a romance composed by Vitsentzos Kornaros in early 17th century Crete. It consists of 10,012 fifteen-syllable rhymed verses, the last twelve of which refer to the poet himself. It is written in the Cretan dialect of the Greek language. Its central theme is love between Erotokritos (only referred to the work as Rotokritos or Rokritos) and Aretousa. Around this theme, revolve other themes such as honour, friendship, bravery and courage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784350383
Publisher:	Jiahu Books
Publication date:	02/13/2014
Pages:	314
Sales rank:	982,636
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)
Language:	Greek, Modern (1453- )