Kyriaco Nikias

Kyriaco Nikias is a writer and scholar with an interest in language and power. He writes about Greek history, its society, and its culture, from early antiquity until today. Recently he has published on the voice of the people in Homer, on sensuality in Cavafy, and on ancient Greek law.

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Review: Kyriaco Nikiason Cavafy
  • What’s Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos (translated by Karen Emmerich) New Vessel Press
    260pp
    Published October, 2018
    ISBN 9781939931610

The Many Lives of Constantine Cavafy: What’s Left of the Night by Ersi Sotiropoulos

But the Cavafian corpus resists the absurd opposition that is imposed on it – erotic versus historical, homosexual versus patriotic. Rather, Cavafy’s erotic sensibility actually defines his outlook on society and history, and is not separate from it.
Nov. 2019 • •