Stephanos Sahlikis or Sachlikis (ãÃÂÃÂÃÂñýÿàãñÃÂûïú÷ÃÂ), (c. 1330 - after 1391) was a Cretan from Handax (Heraklion) 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 (even though rhyming macaronic verse in Greek and Persian by Rumi dates to the previous century).
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
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- S. Papadimitriou, Stefan Sakhlikis i ego stikhotvorenie "ÃÂÃÂîó÷ÃÂùàÃÂñÃÂìþõýÿÃÂ", Odessa 1896 (from codex Neapolitanus III.) online
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ãñÃÂûïú÷ (manuscripts of Paris and Montpelier), Wagner, Carm. 62-78 (PM 1-367) and 77-8 (P 336-65), P: Parisinus gr. 2909, M: Montepessulanus 405
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ÃÂ. 79-85 (P 1-201) úñù 85-105 (PM 202-712)
- W. Wagner, Carmina graeca medii aevi, Leipsig 1874 (manuscripts of Paris and Montpelier: ÃÂÃÂ: PM 1-367, ÃÂ. 62-78, á 336-65, ÃÂ. 77-8 úñù ÃÂÃÂ: á 1-201, ÃÂ. 79-85, áà202-712, ÃÂ. 79-85)
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- M. Vitti, Il poema parenetico di Sachlikis..., ÃÂÃÂ÷ÃÂùúì çÃÂÿýùúì (Cretan Chronicles) 14, 1960, 173-200