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10. GEORGE SEFERIS 1900-71
Greece's first Nobel Laureate was born in Smyrna, which was later claimed by Tur-
key, and his lyrical poetry is inspired by history and feelings of exile. His work also
relates Greece's Classical past to its raw present, as in
Mythistorema
, a series of
poems that draw from
The Odyssey
.
Top 10 Tomes
Top 10 Tomes
1.
The Iliad
, Homer
One small episode in the Trojan War, told in the greatest epic ever written.
2.
The Odyssey
, Homer
Odysseus's adventures with sirens, nymphs and Cyclops on his way home from
Troy.
3.
The Oresteia
, Aeschylus
Brilliant trilogy about the House of Atreus, the most dysfunctional family in an-
cient Greece.
4.
The Theban Tragedies
, Sophocles
Terrible events unfold when Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother.
Read on a visit to Delphi and Thebes.
5.
Republic
, Plato
Still the blueprint for the best way to run a government.
6.
Constitution of Athens
, Aristotle
A work that marries the democratic political structure of Athens with the archi-
tectural structure of the Agora.