Georgios Chortatzis
16th century Greek dramatist
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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]
Georgios Chortatzis | |
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Cover of Erofili (1637 edition) | |
| Born | c. 1550 |
| Died | c. 1660 |
| Known for | Literature |
| Notable work | Erofili, Katsourbos, Panoria |
| Movement | Cretan Renaissance, Cretan literature |