Archive for February, 2012
Feb
The following article shed some light on the Greek atrocities towards innocent Muslim population, who used to live in what is now Greece. The article seem to be backed up by reliable evidences written by Phil-Hellenes themselves. They were either shocked and irked with the cruelty of Greeks, to whom they have glorified so much. The neo-Greeks were deceitfully portrayed as having the same human virtues as their supposed ancestors. Hence it was constructed the myth of ethnic continuity that lurks on the assumption that Greek people went undiluted through centuries But the truth was quite the contrary. With the drift of time, Greece of city-states was poured with new waves of ‘barbarians’, who had obliterate the Greek nation once forever. European supporters of Greek cause noticed that their beloved Greeks have swept away…’Most of the old Greek race has been swept away, and the country is now inhabited by persons of Slavonic descent. Indeed, there is a strong ground for the statement that there was more of the old heroic blood of Hellas in the Turkish army of Edhem Pasha than in the soldiers of King George, said once Mr. W. H. Ireland. Yet it was only the merit of phil-hellenes who managed to revive the Greeks of their imaginary vision and gave some Hellenic credentials to the people who had slight ties with the ancient past. As Matt Barrett justly indicated: “The Greek struggle is interpreted by many Europeans simplistically and romantically as a battle between the ideals of the ancient Greeks against the ruthless Turks who had been occupying and suppressing the descendents of Pericles, Socrates and Plato. Many, including Lord Byron volunteer to fight and become leaders and heroes of the revolution, known as the Philhellenes (friends of the Greeks). Some sing the praises of the modern Greeks but many are completely disillusioned by the pettiness and greed of the Greek klefth leaders who seem to just want glory and riches. Though some of these warlords are elevated to the role of saviors and heroes in the national mythology, the reality is that many of them were just pirates and thieves looking out for their own self-interest”.
Feb
Originally taken from: http://albter.com/?page_id=536
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Linear B tablets pertain to the pre 1100 BC period, spanning from 15th to 12th century. (Chronology of Linear B Documents, Jan Driessen, A Companion to Linear B, 2008, p. 76). Most tablets were found in Knosos (Crete), Pylos (Peloponesos) although traces of its usage have been found on approaches to Egean coast and as far north as Aiani. During the first half of the 20th century, the opinion of Sir Arthur Evens dominated the opinion that Linear B was not a form of written Greek. Michael Ventris as early as 1930’s commenced his effort to decipher the tablets and eventually would indicate progress. Ventris was joined later by John Chadwick who unlike Ventris knew Greek. In 1953 they laid out their thinking with a paper entitled ‘Evidence for Greek dialect in the Mycenaen Archives’.
