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Author(s): Jim Potts
ISBN(s): 9781908493460, 1908493461
Edition: ebook ed. 2013
File Details: PDF, 1.01 MB
Year: 2010
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1904955657

ISBN 13: 9781904955658

Author: Jim Potts

Scattered off the west coast of mainland Greece are the seven Ionian Islands, celebrated for their spectacular landscapes, olive groves and classical associations. Together with the mountainous mainland region of Epirus, the combined populations of Corfu, Paxos, Lefkas, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Kythira constitute less than a twentieth of the population of Greece, yet they have made a huge contribution to the culture of the country, before and since becoming part of the Greek state. The unsurpassed beauty of the islands and of the Pindus Mountains has stimulated the imagination of countless writers and artists from Homer to Byron, Edward Lear and the Durrells, Louis de Bernières and Nicholas Gage, as well as scores of nineteenth-century travellers. Drawing a mosaic portrait of the Ionian Islands and special places of interest in Epirus, Corfu resident Jim Potts focuses on the landscapes, legends, traditions and historical events that have appealed most strongly to the imaginations of writers, residents and travellers.

The Ionian Islands and Epirus 4th Table of contents:

Chapter One
Classic Ground: Sappho’s Leap ; Corfu/Scheria?; Homer’s Ithaca
Othoni, Island of Calypso?; Kythira and Aphrodite; The Identification of Dodona; Archaeology and Politics;
Nekromanteion and Acheron; The Imaginative Lea; Further Theories

Chapter Two
Ionian History: Thucydides and Classical History; Normans, Venetians and
Napoleon; Corfu vs. Kefalonia; The British Protectorate; Attitudes before and after Unification.

Chapter Three
The Call of the Islands: Homecomings; Greek Language, Greek Values; The View from the Sea; Landscape and Perception; Images of Kythira; The Impact of Events; Images of Lefkas; Criticisms and Compensations; The Greek Orthodox Church; A Place of Contradictions; Perceptions of the British; Perceptions Through Time; Romantics and Lovers; Customs and Manners; Women in Greece.

Chapter Four
A Tour of the Islands: The Reality of Corfu; Kefalonia; Zakynthos and Zantiots; In Praise of Paxos.

Chapter Five
Foreign Rule and Occupation: The End of the British Protectorate; The Threat of Ali Pasha; Collaboration and Retribution; Provincial Despair, Provincial Pride; Unification and Communication.

Chapter Six
From Island to Mainland, Corfu to Epirus: Mainland vs. Islands; Maintaining the Environment; The
Epirot Mountain Landscape; The Vlachs of Metsovo and Pindus; The Mountains of Suli; Mountain Culture; Zagori; Local Legends.

Chapter Seven
New Perspectives: The Legacy of the Colonels; The End of Rural Poverty?; The Writing of Modern Greek History; The Heritage of Epirus; Ioannina After Ali; Nationalism, Truth and Reconciliation.

Bibliography & Further Reading
Index of Literary & Historical Names
Index of Places & Landmarks

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