The directory «Plots»

Kornaros (Κορνάρος) Vitsentzos
(1553–1613/1614)

Vitsentzos Kornaros was a Cretan poet of the Greek Renaissance who wrote the romantic epic poem Erotokritos. He was the leading figure of the Cretan Renaissance. Not many biographical sources exist about Kornaros himself apart from the last verses of Erotokritos. It is believed that he was born to a wealthy family in Sitia, in 1553, and lived... More...

Greece, 1987, Katina Paxinou in «Abraham's Sacrifise»