Dionysios Solomos's The Free Besieged - A Dialogical Reading
The Greek Community of Melbourne present a 1821 event with Tina Giannoukos and Vrasidas Karalis
"The Free Besieged" ( Οι Ελεύθεροι Πολιορκημένοι ) is an epic, unfinished work, composed by Dionysios Solomos and inspired by the third siege of Missolonghi (1825–1826), a crucial conflict of the Greek War of Independence. The poem will be recited in Greek by Professor Vrasidas Karalis and by Dr Tina Giannoukos in English, while simultaneously debating aspects of it.
"The Free Besieged" ( Οι Ελεύθεροι Πολιορκημένοι ) is an epic, unfinished work, composed by Dionysios Solomos and inspired by the third siege of Missolonghi (1825–1826), a crucial conflict of the Greek War of Independence. The poem will be recited in Greek by Professor Vrasidas Karalis and by Dr Tina Giannoukos in English, while simultaneously debating aspects of it.
Location
The Greek Centre | Delphi Bank Mezzanine
168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
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