Draft:Axion Esti (poem)

The Axion Esti (translated to Worthy It Is in English) is a poetic composition which was written by Odysseas Elytis and was published in 1959. FR lmk. It was largely this which gave its creator the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1979, making him the second Greek to be honoured with the highest prize in literature worldwide (Giorgos Seferis was also awarded it in 1963).

Sections
The sections of Axion Esti are as follows, translated into English from Greek:


 * 1) The Genesis
 * 2) Here I am then
 * 3) Travel towards the front
 * 4) The Swallow is one
 * 5) My foundations in the mountains
 * 6) With the light of the star
 * 7) The Great Exit
 * 8) Wise Sun of Justice
 * 9) Churches in the shape of the sky (orchestral)
 * 10) The pains of love
 * 11) Churches in the shape of the sky
 * 12) Prophetic
 * 13) I open my mouth
 * 14) In a country far away
 * 15) The glorifying sign

Trivia
These and many other sections were later arranged by Mikis Theodorakis into songs under the military Junta.