Which major poetic work by Odysseas Elytis, published in 1959, is structured like a Byzantine liturgical service?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Axion Esti
- Step 1: Odysseas Elytis's masterpiece 'To Axion Esti' (Worthy It Is) is structured into three parts: The Genesis, The Passion, and The Gloria. It mirrors the Orthodox liturgy and hymnography, intertwining the poet's personal experience of the Albanian War with national destiny. Answer: Axion Esti. Why not the others: "The Sovereign Sun" is Elytis's bright, lyrical 1971 collection celebrating the solar power of the Aegean; "Orientations early" is his 1940 debut collection embodying youthful surrealist joy and maritime luminosity; "Heroic and Elegiac Song" is his 1945 threnody dedicated to a lieutenant killed on the Albanian Front.
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