Bánikos, which, in Greek slang, means “nubile” or “ripe for coition,” denotes, in boliaric, “big,” “good,” or “important.” The only other adjective on my scribbled list (but there must be lots more) is stíliota, “furtive” or “wary,” akin to the key-word stíliane! “Look out!” “Beware!” The recorded verbs are few. Anisévo, “I grow angry”; tchmekiázo, “I sleep”; glavízo, “I run”; photáo (related to “light”?), “I know,” “I see,” or “look out”; panteládo, “I talk nonsense”; karkévo, “I hit”; manízo, “I steal”; mandarono, “I make a fool of”; banízo and sarafizo, “I understand”; siorévo, “I get drunk”; stíliano, “I beware”; spartáo, “I run away”; tzoumízo, “I kill”; gáskino, “I laugh” and kranízei, “it rains.”
Several words suggest that this vocabulary is more up-to-date than it might at first appear: grobaíoi, for instance, meaning “guerrillas,” and groúmpos, a communist, irresistibly suggest E.L.A.S. But matzoúkia (literally “stick bearers”) for “beggars” and shoreftis for “a thief,” sound older. “A doctor” is mantzóunas, patéllos is “a policeman,” malátos and lépho are “a priest”; and maletchko—plainly from the Slav—is “a child”; hence maletchkás for “a teacher”; but what about khakhás, meaning the same thing? Verdílis and verdílo, are “father” and “mother,” ingótina and gotiméno mean “married,” got and gotina (Slav again), are “lady” and “gentleman”—a bourgeois couple, parents to a gotopoulo, or young gent. But litzko and liókia also mean a bourgeois figure, “a mug” perhaps, married to a matzio, or a shveri, “a woman,” who soon becomes a houmoúrou, “a mother” to a houmouráki, or “girl.”
Here also are a few of the mildly improper words in the vocabulary. Perdikis, the Greek for a young partridge, is “the rump” or “behind,” havalóu, the female pudendum, lióka its convex masculine complement; manganízo is “I fornicate”; souravlízo, which normally means “playing a reed pipe,” here means “I urinate”; kouphróno and tzarmízo, identical in sense, are its solider companion verbs and koúphrisma and tzármisma their end products; tramalízo and lazinízo both mean to break wind and tramálisma is the same wind once broken. One or two nouns, proper in every way, seemed even more enigmatic than their fellows: Gramki, for instance, means “an Albanian”; could it be some little-known tribe? surely the Ghegs, the Tosks, the Mirdites, the Liaps and the Tchams are enough...? And Eskebez for the Peloponnese: eski, Turkish for old, but bez...?Kina—“China”—meant “safety.” Why? What Cathayan refuge?...Queerest of all is the word for Athens: Ghiona. This is the demotic name for Mt. Oeta, a hundred miles from Athens or more, where Hercules, in the shirt of Nessus, died in torment. But the ghioni is the demotic word for the Athene noctua, the little owl of Pallas, the ancient emblem of the goddess and of her city and the theme of many popular legends. It sits askew on branches and roof trees with its round-eyed head twisted full face under its frown just as it appears on old Athenian silver coins. The note of its sad, intermittent and oddly moving little pipe still sounds in the lanes.[2] Could this cryptic name have some subconscious, underground link with the city’s small companion and symbol? Going too far, perhaps.
[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.
INDEX
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Acarnania, 37, 159–60, 163–4, 180, 192, 239
Acheloös River, 19, 163–4, 242, 245
Acheron River, 67, 159, 180, 242
Acroceraunian Mountains, 22, 180, 237
Actium, 160
Adriatic Sea, 5, 12, 105, 108, 180
Aegean Sea, 96, 105, 138, 155, 174, 220, 238
Aegina, 34, 241
Aemilian Way, 12, 54
Aetolia, 31, 83, 164, 176, 180, 191–2, 194, 199, 204, 210, 230, 239
Agrapha Mountains, 21, 35, 41, 50
Agrinion, 160, 225
Aitolikon, 164
Ai-vali, 196
Akritas, Digenis (epic), 237
Alamein, El, 77, 140
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
Alexandroupolis, 7, 12, 34, 67
Ali of Yanina, 21, 76
Ali Pasha, 19, 36, 154, 159, 180
Aliacmon River, 241
Alphaeus River, 242
Ambellakia, 195
Ambracian Gulf, 5, 160, 180, 241
America and Americans, 22–3, 95, 103, 112, 124, 136, 172, 181, 219, 249
Amorgos, 204, 242
Amphilochia, 241
Amphissa, 195, 237
Amurath, Sultan, 38, 91
Anacreon (poet), 238
Anaphe, 242
Anatolia, 10, 105, 237
Ancel, J. (writer), 246
Andoni, 63–6
Andreas (driver), 188, 190–4
Andrew, Father, 202, 204, 206
Andros, 241
Angelina, Ducaina Palaeologina, 90
Angelos, Caesar Alexis, 91
Anoyeia, 137, 148, 208
Anthimos, Father, 98
Antikorpha, 21
Antikythera, 241
Antirion, 191
Aoös Ravine, 65, 192
Apsaras family, 82
Apulia, 238
Aráchova, 215, 237
Aravantinos, 245
Arcadia and Arcadians, 54, 144, 197, 237, 240
Arkadi, Abbey of, 134, 240
Armatoles, 107, 154, 180
Aromans, 32
Arta, 160
Asia Minor, 9, 10, 37, 99, 105, 119, 140, 189, 230
Aspromonte, 19, 238
Astakos (formerly Dragomestri), 157–9, 161–3, 170
Athens and Athenians, 7–8, 24, 39, 54, 56, 61, 68, 97, 101, 104, 110–12, 116, 119, 124–6, 130–2, 144, 149, 154, 157, 180, 188, 195, 197, 200, 206, 211, 220, 224, 239, 251
Athos, Mount, 55, 76, 78–9, 83, 89–90, 96, 237
Attica, 45, 56, 195, 222, 239
Auden, W. H. (quoted), 38
Avdela, 241
Averoff, 56, 69
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, 73–6, 80–1, 85–6, 92–3, 95, 102
Bithynia, 10, 18, 163, 238
Black Sea, 8, 10, 54, 144, 230
Blunt, Wilfred Scawen, 165–6
Bohemond, 99
Boliaric vocabulary, 202–3, 205, 215, 248–51
Bosnia, 10
Bosphorus, 5, 104
Botsaris, Marko, 155, 179
Brooke, Rupert, 184
Bulgaria and Bulgarians, 8, 10, 12, 54, 56, 78, 99, 187, 201, 227–8
Byron, Lord, 24, 159, 162, 164–8, 170–3, 175–83; Ada (daughter), 165, 171; Byron, Lady, 167–8; Childe Harold, 160, 180–1; relics, 167, 170–1, 175–6, 178; shoes, 168, 170–3 1
75–7, 179
Byzantium and Byzantines, 14, 32, 37–8, 69, 74, 79, 83, 88–91, 99, 104–6, 110, 112, 121, 132, 134, 137, 141, 154, 160, 190–1, 214, 237–8
Caesarea, 84, 238
Calvos (poet), 112
Campbell, John and Sheila, 61; Honour, Family and Patronage, 61
Cantacuzene family, 83; Antony, 83, 98; John VI, 82–3, 89
Cappadocia, 10, 78, 198, 238
Cargese, 238
Castiglione, 62; Il Cortegiano, 62
Catalans, 89, 99
Caucasus Mountains, 144, 230, 238
Cavafy (poet), 112, 224
Cephalonia, 159, 162–3, 180, 187, 241
Chalcis, 241
Charisis family, 61
Chios, 196, 239
Chnarakis, Grigori (Cretan), 15
Christianity, 40–1, 43, 47, 63, 77, 78, 90, 104–7, 124, 140, 153, 179, 227; Festivals, 41–2, 45–50; Orthodox Church, 11, 41, 49, 75–8, 83, 95–6, 104, 107, 113, 120, 123, 139, 171, 175, 191, 206, 228–9, 232
Christopher, Father, 71, 74, 80–1, 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, 133–52, 155–6, 195–6, 212, 214, 238
Cuckoo, General, 231
Curzon, Hon. Robert, author of Monasteries of the Levant, 96
Cyclades, 195, 238
Cyprus, 181, 240
Cythera, 241
Czernovits, 229
Dacia (now Rumania), 201
Damaskinos, Archbishop, 206
Danube, 157, 228–9
Daphni, 237
Dardanelles, 10
Daskaloyannis (Cretan hero), 155
Delos, 241
Delphi, 125, 240
Dermati, 216
Diakos, Athanasios, 113
Diamánti, Kyria, 222, 224
Dimitriades, A. (writer), 246
Dodecanese, 103, 195, 241
Dodona, 159, 180, 237
Dometios (monk), 100
Dorvitza, 213, 215
Dousko (monastery), 77
Dramoudanis, Stephanoyanni, 137, 148
Ducas, John II, 90
Dupiani (skete), 88
Dushan, Stephen, 90; Symeon (half-brother), 90
Edessa, 241
Egypt, 77, 181, 196
Ekaterini, Mother, 94
Elias, Uncle, 221, 224–30, 233–6
Elijah (prophet), 41, 78, 209, 236
England and English, 5, 32, 56, 60, 95, 99, 106, 115, 135–6, 140, 153, 170, 176, 181–2, 185, 187, 192–3, 195, 205–6, 215, 218–19
Ephtaliotis, Argyris (author of A History of Romiosyne), 153, 156
Epidaurus, 45
Epirus, 17, 19, 22, 40, 60–1, 65, 66, 70, 82–3, 90, 105, 133–4, 159–60, 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
Frangokástello, Battle of, 143
Franks, 79, 99, 105, 115
Gamba, Count, 178
Gavdos, 238
Georgakas, D. (writer), 246
George, Father, 83
George II, King, 206
Germanos, Archbishop, 171
Germany and Germans, 35, 78–9, 98, 112, 135, 140, 168, 172, 216
Ghazis, Costa (Yanni), 175, 178–9
Ghika, Niko (painter), 109, 132
Gogola, Christo, 63, 66
Grammos Mountains, 222, 241
Grecia, Magna, 238
Greece and Greeks, 5–10, 13–14, 17, 19, 22–4, 26–8, 31–7, 39–41, 44, 47, 50, 52–6, 58, 60–2, 68–71, 75–80, 83–5, 87–95, 99, 103–15, 118, 121–6, 129–34, 136–7, 139–40, 142–5, 149, 151–7, 167–9, 171–6, 179–83, 186–7, 189–91, 193, 195–209, 211–12, 214–15, 218–19, 222, 225, 228–30, 232, 235–40, 242, 245, 248–51
Gregory (monk), 89
Hadjimichalis, Angelika (authoress of I Sarakatsáni), 39, 60, 247
Haskovo, 18
Hebrus River, 10, 13, 195, 241
Hellenism and Hellenes, 10, 41–2, 44, 105–6, 110–14, 118–22, 124, 129–32, 152–56, 181, 186, 246; Omens and Sacrifices, 45–7; Spirits and Demons, 42
Hellespont, 10, 239
Herakleion, 145
Hermoupolis, 239
Hobhouse, John, 159, 177, 180
Hoeg, Axel, 38, 60, 246
Holland, Antony, 165, 167
Holy Ghost (skete), 88, 104
Holy Trinity (monastery), 86, 100–1
Houmouri, 215
Hungarians, 196, 228
Hydra, 49, 107, 196, 240
Hymettus, 239
Icaria, 242
Iconium, 10, 105, 237
Iconography, 83, 100
Ida, Mount, 135, 137–8, 208, 210, 238
Igoumenitza, 61–2, 66
Ioasaph (monk), 83, 90–1
Ionian Islands, 174, 181, 214
Ionian Sea, 61, 159, 192, 241
Ios, 242
Islam, 105
Italy and Italians, 22, 78–9, 98, 105, 126, 129, 136, 143, 174, 197, 249
Ithaca, 159, 163, 240
Jellalludin, Mevlana (Moslem sage), 10, 106
Jeremiah (twelfth–century hermit), 97–8
Jerusalem, 74, 99, 175, 216
Jews, 44, 213, 214
John of Kastraki, 98
John, Prester, 45
Julian the Apostate, 6, 104–5
Kakosouli Mountains, 22
Kalabaka, 70, 75, 88, 99–100
Kalamata, 195, 197, 240
Kalavryta, 171
Kalymnos, 103, 196
Kambia, 216
Kanaris, 113
Karagounis (nomads), 9, 19, 67
Karaïskakis, 50, 113
Karayiozi (subject of shadow-play), 44, 108–10, 132
Karditza, 19, 76
Karkavitza (author of O Zitiános), 194, 217
Karpenisi (battle), 155, 179, 220
Karva, 216
Karytaina, 240
Kastraki, 72, 88
Katellanos, Frankos (painter), 83
Katharévousa (archaic language), 106, 112, 121, 218
Katsandóni, 20, 35, 50, 63
Katsimbalis, George, 194
Katsonis, Lambros, 155
Kavalla, 241
Kazis, Yanni (see Ghazis)
Kephissia, 239
Khasian Mountains, 76, 154
Klépa, 215, 231
Klephtouriá, 22, 35
Klephts, 22, 35, 99, 121, 135, 159, 180
Kolettis, 19
Kolokotrones, 20–1, 113, 132, 155
Kolonaki, 220, 239
Komotini, 55, 241
Kondylis, General, 54
Konia, 105–6
Koran, 105–6
Kossovo, 91
Kotsioulas, G. (writer), 246
Koutíphari, 214
Koutzovlachs (nomads), 9, 19, 32, 65, 71, 84, 201
Kravara and Kravarites, 194, 197, 199–201, 205, 212, 215–20, 224–6, 229, 239, 248; hamlets, 215
Krim Tartary, 230
Krystallis (poet), 19
Kyrenia, 240
Kyriaki, Sister, 94–5
Ladon River, 242
Lampides, I., 245
Larissa, 219, 242
Lemnos, 239
Lemonadossos, 241
Leonidion, 241
Leophoros Syngrou, 239
Lepanto, Straits
of, 164, 192, 240
Leros, 195
Levádeia, 197
Levant, The, 25, 46, 77, 96, 151, 226
Levkas, 159, 163, 241
Libyan Sea, 138
London, 29, 65, 168, 181, 202, 207, 219
Louros River, 159, 242
Lovelace, 2nd Earl of (author of Astarte), 165, 167–8
Lytton, 3rd Earl of, 165
Macedonia and Macedonians, 5, 8, 10, 24, 32, 37, 42, 44, 54, 56, 65, 70, 133, 144, 190, 201, 211, 222, 224, 238
Makarios (hermit), 83
Malea, Cape, 242
Malevizi, 195, 238
Manchuria, 108, 231
Mani and Maniots, 23, 27, 50, 116, 133–4, 141, 196, 236, 242; Deep Mani, 210
Mani (earlier work of author), 23, 40–1, 132, 214
Marathon, 125
Marina of Russia, Princess, 95
Marmara, Sea of, 10, 18
Maroussi, 239
Mavrocordato, 162, 175
Mavrolevfi, 240
Maximos (monk), 95
Mediterranean Sea, 107, 161, 164, 174, 198
Megalopolis, 197
Mehmet (Mohammed ) II, 38, 191,
Metamorphosis (monastery), 87, 101–2
Meteora (monasteries), 70, 77–8, 82–4, 87–9, 91, 93, 95–7, 99–101, 237; Mountains, 78, 84, 95, 99–100, 154
Methone, 242
Metsovo, 70, 84, 159, 202, 241
Miaoulis, 113
Michael VIII, Emperor, 90
Missolonghi, 162, 164–5, 168, 170–3, 175, 177–9, 182, 191, 221, 241
Mistra, 105, 112, 237
Mithraism, 46
Mitrophanes, 97
Moldavia, 78, 107
Monasteries (see also separate headings), 6, 10, 14, 35, 76, 78, 80, 83, 86, 88, 96, 100–3, 210, 238; Frescoes, 81, 98, 113
Monastic Orders, 77
Monemvasia, 240
Montenegro, 10, 226
Moore, Doris Langley (authoress of The Late Lord Byron), 167
Morea, 5, 20–1, 163, 191–2