Erofili

Erofili, also spelled as Erophile (Greek: Ερωφίλη), is the most famous and often performed tragedy of the Cretan theater.

The composition consists of 3205 verses in Cretan Greek, rhymed in fifteen-syllable except from the choral parts which are in hendecasyllable terza rima form.

Erofili is modeled after Orbecche by Giovanni Battista Giraldi (published in 1547), however it includes several changes in the plot and is dramatically more concise.

Filogonos, who planned to wed Erofili to the heir of a rival kingdom, asks Panaretos to act as an intermediary.

Filogonos orders the death of Panaretos and sends his head, heart and hands as a wedding gift to his daughter.