One novel in this language controversially depicts a crucified figure imagining the life he might have lived by rejecting God's plan, including a sexual relationship with Mary Magdalene, in The Last Temptation of Christ. A poem in this language includes the line, "I woke up with this marble head in my hands." That George Seferis poem is titled "Mythistorema" and was used to open the 2004 Olympics. An ancient form of this language was used to write a play in which a character named for his swollen foot unwittingly commits the sins of patricide and incest. For 10 points, name this language in wh
One novel in this language controversially depicts a crucified figure imagining the life he might have lived by rejecting God's plan, including a sexual relationship with Mary Magdalene, in The Last Temptation of Christ. A poem in this language includes the line, "I woke up with this marble head in my hands." That George Seferis poem is titled "Mythistorema" and was used to open the 2004 Olympics. An ancient form of this language was used to write a play in which a character named for his swollen foot unwittingly commits the sins of patricide and incest. For 10 points, name this language in which Nikos Kazantzakis wrote of Zorba and Sophocles wrote of Oedipus.
One novel in this language controversially depicts a crucified figure imagining the life he might have lived by rejecting God's plan, including a sexual relationship with Mary Magdalene, in The Last Temptation of Christ.
Greek language [or Hellenica; or Hellenikí glóssa; accept Ancient Greek or Hellēnikḗ]