Georgios Chortatzis or Chortatsis (Greek: Γεώργιος Χορτάτζης/Χορτάτσης; c. 1545 – c. 1610)[1] was a Greek dramatist in Cretan verse. He was, along with Vitsentzos Kornaros, one of the main representatives of a school of literature in the vernacular Cretan dialect that flourished in the late 16th and early 17th centuries under Venetian rule.[2] His best-known work is Erofili (or Erophile), a tragedy set in Egypt.[1]

Georgios Chortatzis
Cover of Erofili (1637 edition)
Born	c. 1550 Rethymno, Crete (then Kingdom of Candia)
Died	c. 1660
Nationality	Greek
Known for	Literature
Notable work	Erofili, Katsourbos, Panoria
Movement	Cretan Renaissance, Cretan literature

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