Glyki ( el, Γλυκή) or Glyky (Γλυκύ) is a village in

Thesprotia Thesprotia (; el, Θεσπρωτία, ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the ...

, in northwestern

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History

The site of Glyki is identified with the ancient city of Euroea, which was abandoned in the early 7th century due to Slavic attacks. The modern settlement is first mentioned as the '' chartoularaton'' of "Gliki" in 1205. The name "Glykys" apparently derives from the nearby

Acheron River The Acheron (; grc, Ἀχέρων ''Acheron'' or Ἀχερούσιος ''Acherousios''; ell, Αχέροντας ''Acherontas'') is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is long, and its drainage area is . Its source is ...

, whose estuary was known as Γλυκύς λιμὴν ("sweet port") already in Antiquity; by the 11th century, the name had been transferred to the river itself. The settlement of Glyky became a

bishopric In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

, which by 1337 had been united with the neighbouring see of Bouthrotos (Βοθρωτοὺ καὶ Γλυκέως). The joint bishopric was subordinated in the second half of the 15th century to the

Metropolis of Ioannina The Metropolis of Ioannina ( el, Ιερά Μητρόπολις Ιωαννίνων, ''Iera Mitropolis Ioanninon'') is a Greek Orthodox Church, Greek Orthodox diocese centred on the city of Ioannina, in the Epirus (region), Epirus of Greece. As one o ...

. The ruins of a three-

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d middle Byzantine

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominatio ...

, itself erected over an earlier church, survive next to the Church of St. Donatus. Possibly the site is the same as the cathedral dedicated to St. Donatus that was built under

Theodosius I Theodosius I ( grc-gre, Θεοδόσιος ; 11 January 347 – 17 January 395), also called Theodosius the Great, was Roman emperor from 379 to 395. During his reign, he succeeded in a crucial war against the Goths, as well as in two ...

(). During the early months of the Greek War of Independence, the between the

Souliotes The Souliotes were an Orthodox Christian Albanian tribal community in the area of Souli in Epirus from the 16th century to the beginning of the 19th century, who via their participation in the Greek War of Independence came to identify with the ...

and the Turco-Albanian beys of the area was concluded here.

Modern period

In modern times, the village's population was employed in livestock raising and agriculture, especially rice. From 238 inhabitants in 1928, it grew to 481 in 1971, before declining to 438 in 2011. Since 2011, it is part of the Acherontas municipal unit (previously a municipality) of the

Souli Souli ( el, Σούλι) is a municipality in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Paramythia. Name and History The origin of the name Souli is uncertain. In the earliest historical text about Souli, written b ...

municipality.

References

{{Souli div Populated places in Thesprotia Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Medieval Epirus Byzantine sites in Epirus (region)