In the Realm of the Last Golden Fleece
A Review THE UNWRITTEN PLACES by Tim Salmon, Lycabettus Press, Athens (1995) Put aside for the moment Odysseus’ arduous journey, involving battles with the vengeful Neptune and optically challenged Cyclops; and ignore Jason and the Argonauts’ harrowing voyage in search of the Golden Fleece. Instead, devour immediately this wonderful book, which deserves a place of ...
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Community News
New Members The Society warmly welcomes the following new members: Patricia J. Appuzo Fairfield, CT Richard Bicki Providence, RI Arthur Gravanis Southport, CT Elissa Mondschein Oakland, CA Deaths The Society mourns the passing of two pillars of our community and extends its deepest sympathies to their families: John A. BABU, 88, born in Deshnitsa, Albania. ...
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The Case of the Vlachs: Should a Small, Minority Ethnic Group in the Balkans Keep a Low Profile?
Authors’ Note: The following text is modified from a paper delivered on April 13, 1996, at the Eastern Bloc Scholars Conference, University of California at Davis. It does not reflect any changes in the situation in the Balkans since that time. The characterization of political forces and positions reflects our best analysis of that time; these ...
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Did You Know What Others Have to Say about Us?
Though they think nothing of roughing it themselves, they are appalled at the idea of somebody else doing so, especially an educated person from the city. AWe are hardened to it–sklira-goyiméni, they say. It is part of a shepherd’s life, but the idea of choosing hardship, and even more the idea that enduring hardship could ...
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St. Nicolas Basdanis the New Martyr
Editor’s Note: This article appeared on the World Wide Web at http://www.philo.demon.co.uk/nicolas.htm and is reprinted with the kind permission of its authors. Metsovo on the borders of Epiros and Thessaly was the birth place of St. Nicolas the New Martyr, often known as “St Nicolas the Vlach”. The Pindos Mountain range in Central Greece has ...
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The Vlachs of Macedonia
The number of Aromanians or Vlachs recorded in the 1994 Macedonian census was 8,467. I obtained this figure with some difficulty from B Hunter, The Statesman’s Year Book, London: Macmillan, 1996, p843. Other sources are confusing. Hugh Poulton in his excellent summary of the Vlachs of Macedonia points to a decline from 8,669 in 1953 to ...
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