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Elytis

American  
[e-lee-tees] / ɛˈli tis /

noun

  1. Odysseus Odysseus Alepoudelis, 1911–96, Greek poet: Nobel Prize 1979.


Elytis British  
/ ɛˈlaɪtɪs /

noun

  1. Odysseus , real name Odysseus Alepoudelis . 1912–96, Greek poet, author of the long poems Axion Est (1959) and Maria Nefeli (1978): Nobel prize for literature 1979

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It remains unclear just how much of that entire alert the employee understood or conveyed to the guard — and whether the critical part of it was relayed at all, though Elytis insists it was.

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Arnaud Demaret, chief executive officer of Elytis, said his employee was still in shock.

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Church officials say that the employee for Elytis, the fire security company, never mentioned the framework of the cathedral’s roof.

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The prize for literature went to the Greek lyric poet Odysseus Elytis.

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