← Yannis RitsosPhiloctetesby Yannis RitsosModern dramatic poem based on ancient Greek myth and human sufferingFind on Amazon↗About the authorYannis RitsosGreek poet whose Epitaphios, written in response to a massacre of strikers in Thessaloniki, is one of the great political poems of the century. He spent years in detention during the Greek civil war and dictatorship.More by Yannis RitsosEpitaphiosLyric poem mourning and commemorating the dead and loss of innocence→Moonlight Sonata→RomiosiniPoetry celebrating Greek national identity and cultural resilience→Collected PoemsSelected poems from prolific twentieth century Greek poet→