Moslems, 10, 45, 105–6, 140, 159
Mudros, 184
Murray, John (publisher), 167, 177
Mycenae, 240
Mykonos, 197
Naoussa, 211, 241
Navarino, 174, 181, 240
Navpaktos, 191, 211, 218, 240
Naxos, 197, 241
Nemea, 241
Neopatras, 89
New York, 22
Nicodemus (monk), 95
Nicolson, Sir Harold (author of Byron: The Last Journey), 178
Nicosia, 240
Oeta, Mount, 238, 251
Olympus, Mount, 22, 70, 76, 154, 210, 240
Omonia, 239
Orliáko (bridge), 54
Ossa, Mount, 22, 70, 195, 241
Othrys, Mount, 89
Ottoman Empire, 5, 35, 50, 99, 107, 131, 134, 145, 155, 171
Ourosh, Symeon, 90
Oxya, Mount, 220
Palaeologi Dynasty, 82, 83, 89–90, 98, 113, 190–1; Andronicus, 98; John V and VII, 83, 89; John Ourosh, 82–3, 90; Thomas, 191
Palamas (poet), 153–4, 156, 224
Pamisos, 241
Paramythia, 196, 240
Parga, 66, 159, 180
Parilia (shepherd festival), 41
Parnassus, Mount, 240
Paros, 195, 242
Patisia, 239
Patmos, 241
Patras, 188, 190–1, 197, 240
Paul V, Pope, 191
Paxos, 241
Pelion, Mount, 70, 77, 196, 241
Peloponnese, 34, 133, 159, 190–2, 196, 251
Peltekis, Yanni, 7
Peneios River, 70, 90, 95, 99
Pericles, 68–9, 104, 111, 121
Perista, 211, 213, 215–6
Persia and Persians, 105–6, 113, 238
Petro, Barba, 15, 18, 35, 190, 245
Petro, Uncle George, 19, 23–4, 27, 29–35, 245
Phaleron, New, and Old, 239
Pharsala, 197
Pheraios, Rigas (poet), 155
Phocas, Nicephorus, 141
Pholegandros, 242
Pindus Mountains, 9, 19, 22, 37, 65, 70–2, 76, 91, 133, 159, 163, 180, 192, 196, 202, 237
Piraeus, 125, 188, 230, 239
Pius II, Pope, 191
Plaka, 239
Platanos, 206, 212–13, 215
Plethon, Gemistus, 105
Podolia, 229
Poland, 228–9
Pontus, 77, 144, 238
Poros, 34, 241
Prealoumbos, General, 90
Preveza, 19, 48, 157, 160, 180, 241
Proussos Gorge, 42
Psara, 240
Psychiko, 239
Pyrrhus, 37, 160, 237
Quennell, Peter, 178
Ragusa, 196
Ravenna, 25, 238
Rayner, Joan, 76
Retimo, 134, 145
Rhodes, 56, 241
Rhodope Mountains, 9–10, 12, 18, 31, 133, 239
Rizani, 61
Rodocanaki, Tanty, 184–5
Rome and Romans, 37, 40, 104–6, 110, 155, 190–1, 201–2
Romios and Romiosyne, 106, 108–10, 112, 115, 118, 120, 130, 132, 153, 155–6; A History of Romiosyne, 153
Roussanou (see St. Barbara)
Rüm, 105–6, 238
Rumania and Rumanians, 34, 78, 201–2, 219, 228; language, 19, 32, 88, 229, 246, 248
Russia and Russians, 64, 74, 78, 95, 201, 229, 231–2, 234–6, 248; cities and rivers, 95, 230; language, 64, 74, 248; Russo–Japanese War, 231
St. Agapios, 83
St. Anais, 82
St. Andrew, 190–1
St. Athanasios the Meteorite, 42, 88–92; monastery, 88, 90
St. Barbara or Roussanou (convent), 86, 93, 95
St. Barlaam (monastery), 71–2, 75, 77, 79–80, 82, 86–8, 91–3, 95, 100–2
St. Basil, 46, 77, 84
St. Benedict, 77
St. Bruno, 77
St. Catherine (monastery), 78
St. Charalambos (church), 97
St. Constantine, 41, 94
St. Daniel the Stylites, 83
St. Demetrios of Thessalonika, 41, 80–82
St. Dionysius of Karditza, 76
St. Ephraim of Syria, 84
St. George, 40–1, 49, 82, 184, 231
St. Gideon of Tyrnavos, 76
St. Govdelaas, 82
St. Gregory Nazianzen, 84
St. Hilarion, 240
St. Ioasaph, 90
St. Ivan of Rila (monastery), 78
St. Jerome, 72, 152
St. John Chrysostom, 84
St. John the Baptist, 42, 100
St. John the Divine, 84
St. Lazarus, 48, 51
St. Nectarios, 82
St. Nicholas (monastery), 94–5
St. Nicolas of Metsovo, 84
St. Pacomius, 77
St. Paraskev, 41
St. Procopios, 82
St. Romuald, 77
St. Sophia (mosque), 106, 110, 121
St. Spiridion, 175
St. Stephen (monastery and church), 83, 86, 96–7, 99, 101, 231
St. Theodore, 41
St. Theophanes, 82
St. Wandrille, 99
Salento, 238
Salonica, 56, 89, 196, 239
Samos, 103, 240
Samothrace, 242
Santorin, 241
Sappho (poet), 238
Sarakatsáns (nomads), 8–14, 17–19, 21–3, 27–9, 31–40, 42–4, 46, 50–1, 54, 56, 60–1, 67–9, 245–7; I Sarakatsáni, 39–40, 60
Saraketsi, 245
Saranta Ekklesies (forty churches), 18
Sayiaxis, I. (writer), 246
Sedgwick, Roxani and Shan, 153
Seferis (poet), 132, 224
Selino, 136
Serbia and Serbes, 10, 89, 90–1, 155, 201, 228
Seriphos, 242
Siberia, 231
Sicily, 54, 238–46
Sikaráyia, 11–13, 66–7
Sinai, Mount, 78, 152, 237
Siphnos, 195, 242
Skaphiadis, B. (writer), 246
Skopelos, 241
Skyros, 184, 242
Slavs, 34, 37, 99, 143, 201–3; language, 106, 201–3, 246, 250
Smyrna, 68
Solomos (poet), 171, 214
Sotiriadis, George, 153
Souli, 22, 67, 155, 159, 179, 180, 197, 240
Souphlí, 13
Soustas, Aramandios, 178
Sparta, 240
Spercheios River, 242
Spetsai, 196
Sphakia, 22, 136
Sporades, 241
Stagoi (skete), 88, 100
Stathatos, Peter, 54
Stilo, 238
Strophades, 242
Struma (or Strymon), 54, 56, 241
Stylos (mountain), 89
Suleiman the Magnificent, 91
Sunium, 125, 240
Symplegades, 237
Syra, 197
Syrako (Vlach village), 19, 245
Syria, 84, 239
Taenarus, Cape, 242
Tamburlaine, 99, 135
Tempe, Valley of, 22, 241
Tenedos, 239
Thasos, 242
Thebes, 162, 240
Theotokas, George, 107
Thesprotian Mountains, 61, 66, 159
Thessaly and Thessalians, 19, 32, 37, 65, 70–1, 76–7, 82, 90, 95–7, 99, 105, 133, 196, 197, 202, 241
Thomaïs (princess), 90
Thrace and Thracians, 7, 10, 12, 16, 17, 37, 54, 56, 67, 133, 144, 238
Tinos, 195, 242
Tivoli, 191
Transfiguration (monastery), 72, 86, 89–91, 97, 100, 102
Trebizond, 144, 230, 238
Triballes (Serbs), 89
Trikkala, 84, 88, 90, 99, 240
Troy, 10, 37, 99, 217, 239
Tsakonia, 196
Turkey and Turks, 7, 10, 18, 21–2,
25, 34–5, 40, 45, 50, 68, 78, 84–5, 89–91, 97, 99, 104–8, 110, 113, 118, 131, 134, 143, 145, 147, 155, 158, 162, 164, 173, 179, 185, 187, 190, 202, 213, 245–6, 248, 251
Tyrnavos, 76, 197, 221, 240
Tzakonia, 133, 214; dialect, 214
Tzoumerka, 22, 241
Ukraine, 230, 232
Ürgüb (rock monasteries), 10
Veli Pasha (son of Ali Pasha), 76
Venice and Venetians, 134, 144, 147, 164, 176, 197, 214
Venizelos, 56, 69, 78–9, 138
Vichou (gorge), 65
Vitza, 62, 65
Vlachoyannis, I. (writer), 246
Vlachs (Koutzovlachs), 9, 19, 32–5, 65, 67, 71, 99, 201–2, 245; Vlach language, 201–2, 241, 248
Volo, Gulf of, 5, 197, 239
Vonorta, 215, 219
Wallachia and Wallachians, 32, 88, 107
War of Independence, 5, 19, 20, 50, 68, 113, 179, 181, 218
Wentworth, Baroness (née Blunt), 165–70, 173, 178; Arabian stud, 165–6, 168–70; Crabbet Park, 165, 168, 171, 173, 176; family of, 165
White Mountains, 135, 138, 210, 238
World Wars I and II, 5, 140, 181
Yanina, 21, 24, 42, 62, 65–6, 70, 76, 82, 84–5, 159, 174, 180, 196, 240
Yanni, 61, 193
Yassy, 229
Yürüks (nomads), 10
Zagora Mountains, 18, 62, 65, 67, 133, 192
Zagorochória, 64, 66, 196
Zalacosta, 19
Zalongo, 159, 240
Zante and Zantiots, 159, 163, 174, 197, 241
Zitza (monastery), 159, 162, 180
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Roumeli : travels in northern Greece / Patrick Leigh Fermor ; introduction by Patricia Storace.
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