CORNAROS, VINTSENTZOS
(Sitia Crete, 1553 - Heraklion end of 1613 or beginning of 1614)

Another great poet of the Cretan Literature, the creator and author of "Erotokritos" and "The Sacrifice of Abraham". The first play is a classical oeuvre of the Modern Greek Literature and is considered to be one of the greatest lyrical narrative poems that were ever written in greek language.