Italian Scholars of Modern Greek as Political-Cultural Mediators during the First Years of Censorship by the Greek Junta, 1967–1971

This article examines how Italian scholars of Modern Greek played the role of cultural and linguis- tic mediators of Greek writers during the first years of the dictatorship in Greece, 1967–1971, a period in which the country was under strict censorship. From the very beginning, the work of scholars of Modern Greek, along with the Italian press and the student movement, tended to endorse the anti- dictatorial struggle, acting as a channel of communication between Italian society and Greek writers.