''Akropolis'' ( el, Ακρόπολις) was a Greek newspaper based in Athens. Between 1883 and 1921, it played a major part in the debate concerning the

Greek language question The Greek language question ( el, το γλωσσικό ζήτημα, ''to glossikó zítima'') was a dispute about whether the language of the Greek people (Demotic Greek) or a cultivated imitation of Ancient Greek ('' Katharevousa'') should be ...

, particularly in the events leading up to the

Gospel Riots The Gospel riots ( el, Ευαγγελικά, ''Evangelika''), which took place on the streets of Athens in November 1901, were primarily a protest against the publication in the newspaper '' Akropolis'' of a translation into modern spoken Gree ...

of 1901 in Athens.

History

''Akropolis'' was essentially the creation of one man, Vlasis Gavriilidis, who founded it in 1883 and played a great part in running it until his death in 1920. Eight months later the newspaper ceased publication, although it was relaunched in 1929 and has been published intermittently since then.

References

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