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Erotokritos lectures


To mark the 300th anniversary of its first publication, a special series of 6 lectures on the Cretan romance Erotokritos, by Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553-1613/14), will be given. The lectures take place on selected Thursdays in room 2 of the Sidgwick Avenue Lecture Block. The full programme is listed below. Please contact Prof. David Holton (dwh11@cam.ac.uk) if you would like any further information.

Lecture Programme

7 February
Dr Marina Rodosthenous (University of Nicosia):
"Erotokritos and the Cypriot Canzoniere"
14 February
Dr Tina Lendari (University of Athens):
"Beauty and desire in Erotokritos"
21 February
Dr Tasoula Markomihelaki-Mintzas (University of Thessaloniki):
"The poetics of plants in Erotokritos and Panoria"
28 February
Dr Tassos A. Kaplanis (University of Cyprus):
"From text to image: Erotokritos illustrated (18th-20th centuries)"
7 March
Dr Natalia Deliyannaki:
"Kornaros's Erofili"
2 May
Dr Alfred Vincent (University of Sydney):
"Myth-history: Venice, Crete and Erotokritos"

 

 

 

 

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