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Heptanese School (literature)
The term Heptanese School of literature ( el, Επτανησιακή Σχολή, links=no, literally: "The School of the Seven Islands", also known as the Ionian School) denotes the literary production of the Ionian Island's literature figures from the late 18th century till the end of the 19th century. The center of this production is considered to be the poet Dionysios Solomos, so its periods are conventionally divided as follows: Pre-Solomian poets (Προσολωμικοί ποιητές), Solomian poets, Post-Solomian poets, Minors and Descendants. General traits Some general traits of the Ionian style were: *the use of Dimotiki instead of Katharevousa (with some exceptions, mainly Kalvos), *the manifest influence that the contemporary Italian poets had in its thematology, that is regarding the depiction of real-life scenes, *the worship of homeland, *the worship of nature, *a " romantic impulse" (also described as folkloric idealism), *an emphasis on the importance of love ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Matesis
Antonios or Antónios is a Greek masculine given name that is a variant of Antonis, as well as a surname. Notable people with this name include the following: Given name *Antonios Antoniadis (born 20th-century), Greek physician * Antonios Antonopoulos (1805–1887), Greek politician * Antonios Aronis (born 1957), Greek water polo player *Antonios Asimakopoulos (born 1976), Greek basketball player * Antonios Eparchos (1491–1571), Greek humanist, soldier and poet *Antonios Fokaidis (born 1989), Greek swimmer * Antonios Georgantas (1799 - 1884), Greek Major General * Antonios Georgoulis (born 1928), Greek wrestler *Antonios Giannoulas (born 1976), Greek boxer * Antonios Gioulbas (born 1986), Greek swimmer *Antonios Gryllos (1917 – 1993), Greek wrestler *Antonios Kalamogdartis (1810–1856), Greek politician * Antonios Karyofyllis (1904 – 1989), Greek athlete *Antonios Katinaris (1931 – 1999), Greek musician *Antonios Keramopoulos (1870 – 1960), Greek archaeologist * Antonios K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idou O Anthropos
''Idou o anthropos'' (Greek: Ἰδοὺ ὁ ἄνθρωπος; '' Ecce homo'' or ''Behold the Man''), written in 1886, is a work by the poet and writer Andreas Laskaratos. The main theme of the book is human characters and through a series of examples it tries to acquaint the reader with the different attributes of the human psyche in its different manifestations. The multitude of different characters portrayed in the book is an early attempt to categorize people according to their personality traits. Idou anthropos (Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...: Ἰδοὺ ἄνθρωπος) is also the words ironically uttered by Pilate, when condemning Jesus, Jesus being in the epitomal state of God becoming Man. References Modern Greek literature Heptanese School ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Free Besieged
'' "The Free Besieged" ( el, Οι Ελεύθεροι Πολιορκημένοι, ''Oi Eleftheroi Poliorkimenoi'') is an epic, unfinished work, composed by Dionysios Solomos and inspired by the third siege of Missolonghi (1825–1826), a crucial conflict of the Greek War of Independence. It is not a single work, but consists of three separate poems in fragmentary form. The Free Besieged is considered one of the greatest poems of Solomos, national poet of Greece. Background On April 15, 1825, the invading Ottoman armies in Central Greece besieged the city of Missolonghi for the third time. However, the defenders managed to keep the city for almost one year, but a number of factors like the numerically superior strength of the Ottomans, the continuous assaults and the lack of food and other supplies led them to decide a heroic sortie on the night of 10 April 1826. The siege and the subsequent sortie were one of the most stirring events of the Greek Revolution (1821–1830) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymn To Liberty
The "Hymn to Liberty", or "Hymn to Freedom" ( el, Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, also ), is a poem written by Dionysios Solomos in 1823 that consists of 158 stanzas and is used as the national anthem of Greece and Cyprus. It was set to music by Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros in 1865 and is the longest national anthem in the world by length of text. It officially became the national anthem of Greece in 1865 and Cyprus in 1966. History Dionysios Solomos wrote "Hymn to Liberty" in 1823 in Zakynthos, and one year later it was printed in Messolonghi. It was set to music in 1865 by the Corfiot operatic composer Nikolaos Chalikiopoulos Mantzaros, who composed two choral versions, a long one for the whole poem and a short one for the first two stanzas; the latter is the one adopted as the national anthem of Greece. "Hymn to Liberty" was adopted as the national anthem of Cyprus by order of the Council of Ministers in 1966. Lyrics Inspired by the Greek W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannis Zambelios
Ioannis or Ioannes ( el, Ιωάννης), shortened to Giannis or Yannis (Γιάννης) is a Greek given name cognate with Johannes and John and the Arabic name Yahya . Notable people with the name include: * Ioannis I, Tzimiskis, Byzantine Emperor * Ioannis Agorastos-Plagis (John Plagis), Southern Rhodesian flying ace during World War II * Ioannis Alevras, Greek politician who served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament *Ioannis Altamouras, Greek painter of the 19th century *Ioannis Anastassakis, professionally known as John Aniston, a Greek-born American actor * Ioannis Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer and one of the founding members of football club Olympiacos CFP * Ioannis Antetokounmpo, commonly known as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Greek basketball player * Ioannis Apakas, Greek painter and priest in the latter part of the 16th century to the early 17th century * Ioannis Argyropoulos, a lecturer, philosopher and humanist, one of the émigré Greek scholars who pioneered the reviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristotelis Valaoritis
Aristotelis Valaoritis ( el, Αριστοτέλης Βαλαωρίτης; 1824–1879) was a Greek poet, representative of the Heptanese School, and politician. He was also the great-grandfather of Nanos Valaoritis, one of the most distinguished writers of Greece. Biography He was born in Lefkada in 1824 and was of Aromanian descent. His father was a rich merchant from the region of Epirus. Valaoritis completed his school education in Lefkada and Corfu. Afterwards he went to France and Italy to study law. He never worked as a lawyer though, but completely devoted himself to poetry. He spent an important part of his life in the small island of Madouri. At the age of 25 he married the daughter of the Venetian scholar Emilio De Tipaldo, Eloisa. Using simple language he wrote many poems regarding the Greek War of Independence. He was credited as a national poet. Some of his most important works are: ''Stichourgimata'', ''Mnemosina'', ''Kira Frosini'', ''Athanasios Diakos'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgios Tertsetis
Georgios Tertsetis ( el, Γεώργιος Τερτσέτης 1800, Zakynthos – 15 April 1874, Athens) was a Greek independence fighter, historian, politician, poet, writer, judge and philosopher. He is best known, along with Anastasios Polyzoidis, for his refusal to agree to the condemnation and execution of Theodoros Kolokotronis and Dimitrios Plapoutas, in 1834. Biography Tertsetis was born in Zakynthos but studied law at the University of Padua The University of Padua ( it, Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is an Italian university located in the city of Padua, region of Veneto, northern Italy. The University of Padua was founded in 1222 by a group of students and teachers from B .... Soon he became interested in Italian literature and the European Enlightenment. When the Greek Revolution broke out in 1821, Tertsetis returned to Zakynthos, fired up with patriotic fever, and took part in some battles in Peloponnese. As he was under great financial difficulties, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iakovos Polylas
Iakovos is a transliteration of the Greek name Ἰάκωβος, which in an English form is Jacob or James. People with the name include: * Archbishop Iakovos of America (1911–2005), Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America * Iakovos Garmatis (1928–2017), Metropolitan of Chicago under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople * Iakovos Kambanellis (1921–2011), Greek poet and writer * Iakovos Kolanian (born 1960), Armenian-Greek classical guitarist * Iakovos Milentigievits (born 1997), Greek basketball player * Iakovos Nafpliotis (1864–1942), Archon Protopsaltis of the Holy and Great Church of Christ in Constantinople * Iakovos Psaltis (born 1935), Greek weightlifter * Iakovos Rizos (1849–1926), Greek painter * Iakovos Theofilas (1861–unknown), Greek sports shooter * Iakovos Tombazis (c. 1782–1829), Greek ship-owner and Admiral of the Greek Navy * Iakovos Trivolis (died 1547), Greek Renaissance humanist and writer * Iakovos "Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorentzos Mavilis
Lorentzos Mavilis ( el, Λορέντζος Μαβίλης, Spanish: Lorenzo Mabili; 6 September 1860 – 28 November 1912) was a Greek sonneteer, war poet, and chess problems composer. He is best known for his sonnets. He was born in Ithaca and was of half-Spanish origin from his father who was a judge in the Ionian islands and half-Greek from his local mother. His Spanish paternal grandfather, Don Lorenzo Mabili y Boulligny, was consul of Spain in Corfu and upon arriving in Greece, Hellenized his surname from Mabili to Mavilis. He studied philology and philosophy in Germany and started to compose poems and chess problems (chess was his other passion). He was a great supporter of the ''Megali Idea''. In 1896, he joined the Cretan revolt against the Ottoman rule and in 1897, during the Greco-Turkish War, he participated in the fighting with a group of Corfiot volunteers. In 1909, he supported the Goudi coup and in 1910 was elected as a member of the Greek Parliament with the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerasimos Markoras
Gerasimos ( el, Γεράσιμος) is a Greek given name derived from Greek "γέρας" ("gΕras", "gift of honour, prize, reward"). The suffix -ιμος gives the meaning "the one who deserves honour". It can also be anglicized as "Gerassimos" or "Gerasimus". It can also be slavicized as Gerasim (russian: Герасим; ). Saints * Gerasimus of the Jordan, a Christian saint, monk, and abbot of the 5th century AD * Gerasimos, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Symeon, Christian author in Arabic, 12th/13th century * Gerasimos of Euripos, Orthodox monk and disciple of Gregory of Sinai, 14th century * Gerasimus of Kefalonia, a Christian saint and monk of the 16th century AD from the Greek island of Kefalonia Orthodox bishops Patriarchs of Constantinople * Gerasimus I of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople from 1320 to 1321 * Gerasimus II of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople from 1673 to 1674 * Gerasimus III of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople from 1794 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionysios Solomos
Dionysios Solomos (; el, Διονύσιος Σολωμός ; 8 April 1798 – 9 February 1857) was a Greek poet from Zakynthos, who is considered to be Greece's national poet. He is best known for writing the ''Hymn to Liberty'' ( el, Ὕμνος εἰς τὴν Ἐλευθερίαν, ''Ýmnos eis tīn Eleutherían''), which was set to music by Nikolaos Mantzaros and became the Greek and Cypriot national anthem in 1865 and 1966 respectively. He was the central figure of the Heptanese School of poetry. He is considered the national poet of Greece, not only because he wrote the national anthem, but also because he contributed to the preservation of earlier poetic tradition and highlighted its usefulness to modern literature. Other notable poems include ''Ὁ Κρητικός'' (''The Cretan''), ''Ἐλεύθεροι Πολιορκημένοι'' (''The Free Besieged''). A characteristic of his work is that no poem except the ''Hymn to Liberty'' was completed, and almost nothing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
