Title
Monovasia and the Women of Monemvasia
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Description
Translated from the modern Greek with an introduction by Kimon Friar and Kostas Myrsiades. Monovasia, as is called by the demoticists, and Monemvasia by the purists, is a town and island promontory on the Argolic Bay some four hundred meters from land on the southeastern Peloponnesus. Here Yannis Ritsos was born on May 1, 1909. In this book the poet celebrates the women of his birthplace, young and old, housekeepers and warriors who keep sleepless sentry before their homes and embrace life with courage.
ISBN
978-0932963048
Publication Date
1987
Publisher
Nostos Books
City
Athens, Greece
Disciplines
Byzantine and Modern Greek | Poetry
Recommended Citation
Ritsos, Yannis; Friar, Kimon; and Myrsiades, Kostas, "Monovasia and the Women of Monemvasia" (1987). College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Books. 53.
https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/casfaculty_books/53