Ioannis Makriyannis

Ioannis Makriyannis
Author: Maria Georgopoulou
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9786185209339
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Ιoannis Makriyannis (1797-1864) was a Greek politician and author, best known today for his Memoirs. Starting from humble origins, he joined the Greek struggle for independence, achieving the rank of general and leading his men to notable victories. Following Greek independence, he had a tumultuous public career, playing a prominent part in the granting of the first Constitution of the Kingdom of Greece and later being sentenced to death and pardoned. Despite his important contributions to the political life of the early Greek state, general Makriyannis is mostly remembered for his Memoirs. Aside from being a source of historical and cultural information about the period, it led Nobel laureate Giorgos Seferis to call Makriyannis 'one of the greatest masters of Modern Greek prose'. Τhese aquarelles, a series of 24 paintings, vividly depict episodes from the Greek War of Independence of 1821 and from the Memoirs. Painted by Panayiotis and Dimitrios Zografou from Sparta, the series belonged to King Otto of Greece, the first monarch of 'modern' Greece. They were bought by Joannes Gennadius (1844-1932) in Rome in 1909. This volume from Kapon Editions, in association with the Gennadius Library, includes historical documents along with texts that look at Makriyannis - the 'hero of the Greek War of Independence' - as well as Joannes Gennadius (1844-1932) the Greek diplomat, book collector, writer and benefactor, founder of the Gennadius Library now housed in The American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Greek Generals

Greek Generals
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230601175
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Yannis Makriyannis, Ioannis Metaxas, Georgios Grivas, Alexander Ypsilantis, Richard Church, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Nikolaos Plastiras, Alexander Papagos, Theodoros Pangalos, Stylianos Gonatas, Georgios Karaiskakis, Christos Adamidis, Napoleon Zervas, Spyromilios, Georgios Kondylis, Dimitrios Makris, Ioannis Giagkos, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Dimitrios Grapsas, Kostas Botsaris, Georgios Stanotas, Nikolaos Trikoupis, Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Viktor Dousmanis, Georgios Zoitakis, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Stylianos Pattakos, Konstantinos Sapountzakis, Vasos Mavrovouniotis, Alexandros Othonaios, Konstantinos Nider, Panagiotis Danglis, Anastasios Charalambis, Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, Konstantinos Moschopoulos, Odysseas Angelis, Dimitris Plapoutas, Konstantinos Skarlatos, Charalambos Katsimitros, Anastasios Papoulas, Nikolaos Zervas, Stylianos Kalfelis, Emmanouil Zymvrakakis, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Staikos Staikopoulos, Grigorios Spandidakis, Nikolaos Douvas, Konstantinos Kallaris, Emmanouil Manousogiannakis, Dimitrios Matthaiopoulos, Georgios Hatzianestis, Antonios Mavromichalis, Konstantinos Damianos. Excerpt: General Yannis Makriyannis (, also anglicized as Ioannis, Ioannes and Makriyiannis, Makrygiannis, Makrygiann s, Macriyannis, etc.) (1797-1864) was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author, best known today for his Memoirs. Starting from humble origins, he joined the Greek struggle for independence, achieving the rank of general and leading his men to notable victories. Following Greek independence, he had a tumultuous public career, playing a prominent part in the granting of the first Constitution of the Kingdom of Greece and later being sentenced to death and pardoned. Despite his important contributions to the...

Makriyannis

Makriyannis
Author: Iōannēs Makrygiannēs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1966
Genre: Greece
ISBN:
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Athens

Athens
Author: Mike Carpenter
Publisher: Mike Carpenter
Total Pages: 57
Release: 2023-07-19
Genre: Travel
ISBN:
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Get ready to immerse yourself in centuries of history! Discover Athens' past and its tremendous legacy of beauty, temples, museums, and spectacular monuments with this comprehensive guide for cultured travelers. Learn the story behind such world-famous landmarks as • The Acropolis • The Parthenon • The Areopagus • The Agora • The Arch of Hadrian • The Panathenaic Stadium • The Academy • And many more. Please note that this is a historical guide. It does not include lists of hotels and restaurants, nor does it contain pictures or maps. AI-FREE CONTENT

The History of Greece

The History of Greece
Author: Elaine Thomopoulos
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2011-12-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0313375127
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This complete history of Greece documents ancient times to the present, giving specific attention to its emergence as a modern European nation after the destruction, disease, and death Greece suffered during World War II and the subsequent civil war. Modern Greece started as a monarchy in 1832, with just a fraction of the land it now encompasses. The nation of Greece finally forged its identity in the 19th and 20th centuries after emerging from 400 years of Ottoman domination. This book traces the development of Greece from the Minoan civilization of Crete to modern times, telling the story of how Greece added territory and experienced fierce growing pains—including coups, dictatorships, depressions, enormous influxes of immigrants, and wars—before evolving into today's modern democratic state. The History of Greece provides both an overview of Greece's early history as well as an examination of the difficulties that emerged in 2009 and 2010, such as its recent financial problems and social unrest. Quotes from Greek politicians, scholars, poets, and ordinary citizens are included to communicate Greece's national character.

Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition

Encyclopedia of Greece and the Hellenic Tradition
Author: Graham Speake
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1941
Release: 2021-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135942064
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Hellenism is the living culture of the Greek-speaking peoples and has a continuing history of more than 3,500 years. The Encyclopedia of Greece and the HellenicTradition contains approximately 900 entries devoted to people, places, periods, events, and themes, examining every aspect of that culture from the Bronze Age to the present day. The focus throughout is on the Greeks themselves, and the continuities within their own cultural tradition. Language and religion are perhaps the most obvious vehicles of continuity; but there have been many others--law, taxation, gardens, music, magic, education, shipping, and countless other elements have all played their part in maintaining this unique culture. Today, Greek arts have blossomed again; Greece has taken its place in the European Union; Greeks control a substantial proportion of the world's merchant marine; and Greek communities in the United States, Australia, and South Africa have carried the Hellenic tradition throughout the world. This is the first reference work to embrace all aspects of that tradition in every period of its existence.

Modern Greece

Modern Greece
Author: John S. Koliopoulos
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2009-10-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781444314830
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Modern Greece: A History since 1821 is a chronologicalaccount of the political, economic, social, and cultural history ofGreece, from the birth of the Greek state in 1821 to 2008 by twoleading authorities. Pioneering and wide-ranging study of modern Greece, whichincorporates the most recent Greek scholarship Sets the history of modern Greece within the context of a broadgeo-political framework Includes detailed portraits of leading Greek politicians Provides in-depth considerations on the profound economic andsocial changes that have occurred as a result of Greece’s EUmembership