Modern Greek Section
Erotokritos lectures
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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
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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"
