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«Στοχασμοί» (Reflections) in Ελεύθεροι Πολιορκισμένοι.

• Βελούδης, Γιώργος

The -Italian- «Reflections» of Solomos in Ελεύθεροι Πολιορκισμένοι were first brought to attention by I. Polilas, who chose 11 extracts from them and presented them only in Greek translation in the text of Ελεύθεροι Πολιορκισμένοι in the edition of Solomos' Ευρισκόμενα (1859). In this article, after an interpretive re-examination of Polilas' selection, an attempt is made at a) the publication of the Italian original of the 11 extracts presented by Polilas on the basis of Solomos' Αυτόγραφα 'Εργα in the edition by L. Politis (1964); b) the addition of a further 10 Italian fragments to the «Reflections» —again on the basis of the edition of the Αυτόγραφα; c) the critical reappraisal and modernization of Polilas' translation and the —overall— translation of all 21 extracts of the «Reflections »; d) a commentary on them with the aim of demonstrating and exhibiting their philosophical nature and, consequently, the philosophical, aesthetic and poetic theory of Solomos in his mature period on Corfu (1829-1857).

• Languages and Literature

• Λογοτεχνία