Το Άξιον Εστί
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης, 1959
A poetic meditation on Greek history, identity, and the hard-won possibility of light after darkness.
Feels like defiance, freedom and identity.
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Elytis received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979, two decades after «Το Άξιον Εστί» first appeared.
When trouble clouds the mind, whose words can steady you?
Όπου και να σας βρίσκει το κακό,αδελφοί όπου και να θολώνει ο νους σας μνημονεύετε Διονύσιο Σολωμό και μνημονεύετε Αλέξανδρο Παπαδιαμάντη. Οδυσσέας Ελύτης, 1959
A poetic meditation on Greek history, identity, and the hard-won possibility of light after darkness.
Οδυσσέας Ελύτης, 1978
A restless poetic dialogue about freedom, desire and the selves we invent, told in sharp, memorable fragments.
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