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Anthimos Gazis
Of Greek library two books, vol. II
Venice: By the Printing House of Panos Theodosiou of Ioannina, 1807 Library of the Hellenic Parliament
ANTHIMOS GAZIS (1764-1828), from Mi- lies of Pilio, although more known as editor of the periodical Ερμής ο Λόγιος/ Hermes Logios, he has also a rich work as author and translator. Mem- ber of the clergy, at the age of 16 was ordained deacon and then presbyter. When he obtained the office of Archimandrite, he was renamed «Anthi- mos». In parallel with his priestly teaching and editorial activity, he was a leading member of the Society of Friends. Indeed, on the 1st of May 1821 he declared the Revolution at Milies and the surrounding areas of Pilio and took an active part
in the political and military developments of the Struggle for Independence.
In his two-volume work Βιβλιοθήκης Ελληνικής βιβλία δύο/ Of the Greek Library two books, in the compiled form, he records concise biographies and lists of the works of important Greek writers. Along with the Λεξικόν Ελληνικόν προς χρήσιν των περί τους παλαιούς συγγραφείς ενασχολουμένων/ Lexicon for use by those studying the old writers, this work encompasses the author’s contribution to the study of the Greek lan- guage and literature. On page 109 features the life of «Vasileios the great, teacher of truth».
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Grigorios Paliouritis
Epitome of the History of Greece, vol. II Venice: By Nikolaos Glykys of Ioannina, 1807 Library of the Hellenic Parliament
PRIEST-MONK AND SCHOLAR from Ioannina, Grigorios Paliouritis (1778-1816) got his appellative from the Monastery of Paliouris in Epi- rus, where he received his elementary education by a monk. Among other things, from 1805 on- wards he was a teacher of the Greek community in Livorno of Italy.
The two-volume work Επιτομή της Ιστορίας της Ελλάδος/Epitome of the History of Greece, which the writer dedicates to the Greek brotherhood of Livorno, was printed in Venice in the printing
house of the Glykides family from Ioannina. On page ιθ ́(19) of volume A, the author refers to the reasons that led him to write this treatise: «... in our teaching Schools ... totally neglected and almost ostracized are the lectures on History». It is therefore a teaching textbook, that aimed at developing a historic consciousness in the young people, in order to revive the «spring flowers» of wisdom, valour and virtue of Greece, which a wind «hot indeed [...] from the most arid deserts» had burned.
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