Stephanos Sahlikis or Sachlikis (Στέφανος Σαχλίκης), (1330 - after 1391) was a

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) lawyer and poet who wrote satirical poems in vernacular Greek. His poems are written in

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, and are the first certain instance of ''rhyme'' used in Medieval Greek (even though rhyming macaronic verse in Greek and Persian by

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dates to the previous century). He wasted his inheritance and spent time in jail, all the while writing outspoken satirical poems, lampooning the

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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 (from codex Neapolitanus III.)
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*Α´ Γραφαί και στίχοι και ερμηνείαι κυρού Στεφάνου του Σαχλίκη (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 *Β´Γραφαί και στίχοι και ερμηνείαι, έτι και αφηγήσεις, αυτ. 79-85 (P 1-201) και 85-105 (PM 202-712) **W. Wagner, Carmina graeca medii aevi, Leipsig 1874 (manuscripts of Paris and Montpelier: Α΄: PM 1-367, σ. 62-78, Ρ 336-65, σ. 77-8 και Β΄: Ρ 1-201, σ. 79-85, ΡΜ 202-712, σ. 79-85) *Παραινέσεις (manuscript Neapolitanus III. A. a. 9) **M. Vitti, Il poema parenetico di Sachlikis..., Κρητικά Χρονικά (Cretan Chronicles) 14, 1960, 173-200 1330 births 1390s deaths 14th-century Greek poets Year of death unknown Writers from Heraklion Cretan poets Greek male poets {{Greece-bio-stub