What event inspired Yannis Ritsos to write his poem 'Epitaphios', later set to music by Mikis Theodorakis?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. A 1936 strike in Thessaloniki, in which a mother was photographed mourning her son
- Step 1: The poem is a lament in the form of a funeral song. Step 2. Ritsos wrote it after seeing a photograph of a mourning mother at the funeral of a worker killed in a 1936 strike in Thessaloniki. Answer: A 1936 strike in Thessaloniki. Why not the others: The other options name other events in modern Greek history that did not inspire the poem.
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