Roumeli (34 page)
Authors: Patrick Leigh Fermor
[1]
Unhelpfully, the sound in Greek suggests both a linden-tree and a banner.
[2]
Less than formerly, alas!
Komizo glavkes stin Athena
, “I am taking owls to Athens,” is the Greek equivalent of coals to Newcastle. The
glavx
is generic; it is the
ghioni
, I think, which is meant. I have heard larger owls hooting in the city (or, off-hand, I think I have) but I have never seen one.
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Acarnania,
37
,
159â60
,
163â4
,
180
,
192
,
239
Acheloös River,
19
,
163â4
,
242
,
245
Acroceraunian Mountains,
22
,
180
,
237
Actium,
160
Aegean Sea,
96
,
105
,
138
,
155
,
174
,
220
,
238
Aetolia,
31
,
83
,
164
,
176
,
180
,
191â2
,
194
,
199
,
204
,
210
,
230
,
239
Aitolikon,
164
Ai-vali,
196
Akritas, Digenis (epic),
237
Albania and Albanians,
10
,
19
,
22
,
34
,
62
,
67
,
133
,
143
,
155
,
167
,
180
,
196
,
201
,
226
,
246
,
251
; Albanovlachs,
19
,
35
; language,
19
,
32
,
62
,
67
,
118
,
240
Alexander the Great,
37
,
44
,
111
,
230
,
238
Alexander II, Tsar,
7
Alexandria,
237
Aliacmon River,
241
Alphaeus River,
242
Ambellakia,
195
America and Americans,
22â3
,
95
,
103
,
112
,
124
,
136
,
172
,
181
,
219
,
249
Amphilochia,
241
Anacreon (poet),
238
Anaphe,
242
Ancel, J. (writer),
246
Andoni,
63â6
Andros,
241
Angelina, Ducaina Palaeologina,
90
Angelos, Caesar Alexis,
91
Anthimos, Father,
98
Antikorpha,
21
Antikythera,
241
Antirion,
191
Apsaras family,
82
Apulia,
238
Aravantinos,
245
Arcadia and Arcadians,
54
,
144
,
197
,
237
,
240
Aromans,
32
Arta,
160
Asia Minor,
9
,
10
,
37
,
99
,
105
,
119
,
140
,
189
,
230
Astakos (formerly Dragomestri),
157â9
,
161â3
,
170
Athens and Athenians,
7â8
,
24
,
39
,
54
,
56
,
61
,
68
,
97
,
101
,
104
,
110â12
,
116
,
119
,
124â6
,
130â2
,
144
,
149
,
154
,
157
,
180
,
188
,
195
,
197
,
200
,
206
,
211
,
220
,
224
,
239
,
251
Athos, Mount,
55
,
76
,
78â9
,
83
,
89â90
,
96
,
237
Auden, W. H. (quoted),
38
Avdela,
241
Avgo,
242
Azov, Sea of,
230
Baïraktáris (Chief of Police),
189
Bajazet the Thunderbolt,
38
,
91
,
99
Balkans,
5
,
7
,
10
,
18
,
26
,
32
,
33
,
37
,
90
,
155
,
190
,
194
,
201
,
203
,
220
,
229
,
245
Barnabas (hermit),
88
Bassae,
240
Benedict (monk),
95
Bessarabia,
230
Bessarion, Father,
73â6
,
80â1
,
85â6
,
92â3
,
95
,
102
Blunt, Wilfred Scawen,
165â6
Bohemond,
99
Boliaric vocabulary,
202â3
,
205
,
215
,
248â51
Bosnia,
10
Brooke, Rupert,
184
Bulgaria and Bulgarians,
8
,
10
,
12
,
54
,
56
,
78
,
99
,
187
,
201
,
227â8
Byron, Lord,
24
,
159
,
162
,
164â8
,
170â3
,
175â83
; Ada (daughter),
165
,
171
; Byron, Lady,
167â8
;
Childe Harold
,
160
,
180â1
; relics,
167
,
170â1
,
175â6
,
178
; shoes,
168
,
170â3
175â7,
179
Byzantium and Byzantines,
14
,
32
,
37â8
,
69
,
74
,
79
,
83
,
88â91
,
99
,
104â6
,
110
,
112
,
121
,
132
,
134
,
137
,
141
,
154
,
160
,
190â1
,
214
,
237â8
Calvos (poet),
112
Campbell, John and Sheila,
61
;
Honour, Family and Patronage
,
61
Cantacuzene family,
83
; Antony,
83
,
98
; John VI,
82â3
,
89
Cargese,
238
Castiglione,
62
;
Il Cortegiano
,
62
Caucasus Mountains,
144
,
230
,
238
Cephalonia,
159
,
162â3
,
180
,
187
,
241
Chalcis,
241
Charisis family,
61
Chnarakis, Grigori (Cretan),
15
Christianity,
40â1
,
43
,
47
,
63
,
77
,
78
,
90
,
104â7
,
124
,
140
,
153
,
179
,
227
; Festivals,
41â2
,
45â50
; Orthodox Church,
11
,
41
,
49
,
75â8
,
83
,
95â6
,
104
,
107
,
113
,
120
,
123
,
139
,
171
,
175
,
191
,
206
,
228â9
,
232
Christopher, Father,
71
,
74
,
80â1
,
93
,
102
Chrysanthos, Father,
93
Churchill, Sir Winston,
207
Cnidus,
242
Cocytus River,
67
Comnene Family,
90
; Emperor Alexis,
99
Constantinople,
8
,
10
,
12
,
38
,
90
,
104
,
108
,
110
,
196
,
230
,
237
Corfu and Corfiots,
61
,
66
,
197
,
241
Corinth, Gulf of,
5
,
105
,
159
,
164
,
191
,
195
,
201
Cornaros, Vincentios,
144
Corone,
242
Craxton, John,
61
Crete and Cretans,
15
,
22
,
28
,
35
,
49
,
53
,
56
,
83
,
89
,
103
,
116
,
133â52
,
155â6
,
195â6
,
212
,
214
,
238
Cuckoo, General,
231
Curzon, Hon. Robert, author of
Monasteries of the Levant
,
96
Cythera,
241
Czernovits,
229
Dacia (now Rumania),
201
Damaskinos, Archbishop,
206
Daphni,
237
Dardanelles,
10
Daskaloyannis (Cretan hero),
155
Delos,
241
Dermati,
216
Diakos, Athanasios,
113
Dimitriades, A. (writer),
246
Dometios (monk),
100
Dousko (monastery),
77
Dramoudanis, Stephanoyanni,
137
,
148
Ducas, John II,
90
Dupiani (skete),
88
Edessa,
241
Ekaterini, Mother,
94
Elias, Uncle,
221
,
224â30
,
233â6
Elijah (prophet),
41
,
78
,
209
,
236
England and English,
5
,
32
,
56
,
60
,
95
,
99
,
106
,
115
,
135â6
,
140
,
153
,
170
,
176
,
181â2
,
185
,
187
,
192â3
,
195
,
205â6
,
215
,
218â19
Ephtaliotis, Argyris (author of
A History of Romiosyne
),
153
,
156
Epidaurus,
45
Epirus,
17
,
19
,
22
,
40
,
60â1
,
65
,
66
,
70
,
82â3
,
90
,
105
,
133â4
,
159â60
,
180
,
196
,
222
,
237
,
245
; Epirotes,
66
,
90
,
97
,
159
,
196
Eugenius the Aetolian,
31
Euroea, Southern,
195
Eurotas River,
242
Eurytanian Mountains,
199
,
220
,
239
Evinos River,
191
