Stephanos Sahlikis
Stephanos Sahlikis or Sachlikis, was a Cretan from Handax lawyer and poet who wrote satirical poems in vernacular Greek.
His poems are written in political verse, and are the first certain instance of rhyme used in Medieval Greek.
He wasted his inheritance and spent time in jail, all the while writing outspoken satirical poems, lampooning the mores of his time, a subject on which he had first hand experience.
His works
- Aφήγησις παράξενος του ταπεινού Σαχλίκη
- *S. Papadimitriou, Stefan Sakhlikis i ego stikhotvorenie "Αφήγησις παράξενος", Odessa 1896
- Α´ Γραφαί και στίχοι και ερμηνείαι κυρού Στεφάνου του Σαχλίκη, Wagner, Carm. 62-78 and 77-8, P: Parisinus gr. 2909, M: Montepessulanus 405
- Β´Γραφαί και στίχοι και ερμηνείαι, έτι και αφηγήσεις, αυτ. 79-85 και 85-105
- *W. Wagner, Carmina graeca medii aevi, Leipsig 1874
- Παραινέσεις
- *M. Vitti, Il poema parenetico di Sachlikis..., Κρητικά Χρονικά 14, 1960, 173-200