Ritsos also supported the Left in the subsequent Civil War (1946-1949); in 1948 he was arrested and spent four years in prison camps. In the 1950s Epitaphios, set to music by Mikis Theodorakis, became the anthem of the Greek Left.
Ritsos supported the Left during the Greek Civil War (1946-1949), and was imprisoned for four years in 1948. The song Epitaphios, composed by Mikis Theodorakis, became a popular anthem for the Greek Left in the 1950s.