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| The father of ancient history Herodotus, in his monumental work “The History”, book eight , paragraph 47, a book which is dedicated to muse Urania, confesses that the Thessproti are neighbors with Ambracias and Leucades, who came to Salamina battle against Persians from all corners of Greece. | |||
| '''Epirus''' (]: ''Ήπειρος, Epiros'' / ]: ''Çamëria'') is a name applied to territory bordering the ] that is uneasily shared by modern ] and ]. The name originates from the greek word ] "άπειρος" ("infinite land"), because of the vastness of its alpic territory. In the northern part, which remained in Albania after diplomatic talks by the Great Powers in ]/], there is a recognised Greek minority. Albanian nationalists claim the existence of an Albanian minority in the Southern part, which forms a province of Greece, but the Greek government claims there are no remnants of the older Albanian population in the region, and that the Albanians currently there are recent ]. | |||
| According to Herodotus, Greece ended in Leucades islands, which is to the west part of Acarnania and Ambracias of Ambracia city, the only Hellen colony in Epirot seashore. | |||
| Epirus did not take part in Trojan War, neither in the war against Persian, nor in Peloponesian War, which was of a Greek character, because Epirus was not included in Hellen community. In Panhellenic Conference, organized by Pericles, none of Epirot cities took part, except for Ambracia , which as it is known, was a Greek colony (Plutarch,Pericles, XVII). For Ephor of Cuma Greece starts in Acarnania; this stands also for Strabo(VIII, 333) | |||
| During all times Epirus, up to Berlin congress, remained out of Greece historical borders. Ancient historians consider Epirots as barbarous. It is known that at that time if one was called barbarous, it meant that he was not Greek. | |||
| Greeks, says Herodotus in his book VII, paragraph II, dedicated to Polymnia muse, charged king Leonidas with 300 Spartans to defend Thermopylae passes, on order to prohibit the entering of barbarians to Greece. | |||
| Herodotus even in paragraph 146 of his book states that in the east of Thermopylae there was a step and impassable mountain, which extended up to Aeta mountain. To the east this road is limited by sea and some valleys and rivulets. There is only a passing way which goes to Phocis, Greece region, extended to the east by Aetolia. This pass, confesses Herodotus, is protected by a wall, constructed by inhabitants of Phocis. That wall was constructed, because they were frightened by Thessalians, who had come from Thesprotia and were placed in Aeolida (Thessaly).Phocis people had taken these measures to defend themselves from Thessalians, who wanted to subdue and to keep them under their yoke. | |||
| ==References==Herodotus(Greek Historian) "The History" | |||
| In ancient times Epirus ("mainland" as opposed to the offshore islands) was the mountainous coastal district bordered by ], ] and ]. To the south lay ]. Epirus was separated from Illyria to the north by the ], and by the famous ] flowing from ]. The ] river, mythologized as a river of ], flowed through this region, and here also stood the oak grove of ] (modern ]), sacred to ] and famous for its ]s. | |||
| Ancient Epirus was one of the homelands of the ] people, one of the ] (Greek) races, whose ] of Greece in the tenth century BC is believed to have contributed to the the ].The mother of ] was an Epirote princess. Wild and tribal Epirus, famous for cattle and horses, lay outside the mainstream of Greek culture. Nevertheless Greek trading colonies such as Corinth's ] were established along its coast. The famous ](Pirro i Epirit), (318 BC - 272 BC) was the most powerful leader. Pyrrhus(Pirro), King of Epirus, one of the monarchs who divided the empire of Alexander the Great, was known for his campaigns against the ] in Italy (see also ]) and for his brief rule of ]. | |||
| With the fall of the ] in ] to Venetian-led armies in the ], the ] became one of the three successor states, the others being the ], and ]. At its brief height the despotate controlled territory from ] in the north to the Gulf of Patras in the south, even the island of Corcyra (]). The Despot was defeated by armies of the Nicaean lineage, who later re-captured ] from the Latins in ] and re-formed the Byzantine Empire. | |||
| The area passed to the Ottoman ] in the fifteenth century and was not ceded to Greece until ]. Between ] and ] Epirus had a brief period of independence. | |||
| Nicholas Gage (nee Gatzoyiannis) is a famous modern Epirote writer (from the village of Lia), the author of the renowned novel ELENI. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| N.G.L. Hammond: Epirus. The Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and the Topography of Epirus and adjacent Areas, Oxford 1967. | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 01:33, 14 July 2004
The father of ancient history Herodotus, in his monumental work “The History”, book eight , paragraph 47, a book which is dedicated to muse Urania, confesses that the Thessproti are neighbors with Ambracias and Leucades, who came to Salamina battle against Persians from all corners of Greece.
According to Herodotus, Greece ended in Leucades islands, which is to the west part of Acarnania and Ambracias of Ambracia city, the only Hellen colony in Epirot seashore.
Epirus did not take part in Trojan War, neither in the war against Persian, nor in Peloponesian War, which was of a Greek character, because Epirus was not included in Hellen community. In Panhellenic Conference, organized by Pericles, none of Epirot cities took part, except for Ambracia , which as it is known, was a Greek colony (Plutarch,Pericles, XVII). For Ephor of Cuma Greece starts in Acarnania; this stands also for Strabo(VIII, 333)
During all times Epirus, up to Berlin congress, remained out of Greece historical borders. Ancient historians consider Epirots as barbarous. It is known that at that time if one was called barbarous, it meant that he was not Greek.
Greeks, says Herodotus in his book VII, paragraph II, dedicated to Polymnia muse, charged king Leonidas with 300 Spartans to defend Thermopylae passes, on order to prohibit the entering of barbarians to Greece.
Herodotus even in paragraph 146 of his book states that in the east of Thermopylae there was a step and impassable mountain, which extended up to Aeta mountain. To the east this road is limited by sea and some valleys and rivulets. There is only a passing way which goes to Phocis, Greece region, extended to the east by Aetolia. This pass, confesses Herodotus, is protected by a wall, constructed by inhabitants of Phocis. That wall was constructed, because they were frightened by Thessalians, who had come from Thesprotia and were placed in Aeolida (Thessaly).Phocis people had taken these measures to defend themselves from Thessalians, who wanted to subdue and to keep them under their yoke.
==References==Herodotus(Greek Historian) "The History"
External links
- Ethnic Albanians in Greece, an unsympathetic Turkish report on the official position of the Greek Government.
- Hot-tempered postings at ezboard give the flavor of the controversy