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balkanfreedom Registered User Posts: 8 (3/6/05 9:05 am) Reply	Moschopolis 1720 In 1720, Dimitrios Prokopios contributed with 99 short biographies of 17th century and living Greek scholars to J.A.Fabricius’s Bibliotheca Graeca (Hamburg 1722). He wrote it in Greek and presumably Fabricius had it translated into Latin. Hence both languages appear. * The entries reveal a rewarding cross-section and insight into the Greek intelligentsia of the day. Since many of them travelled and practiced along well-defined routes and destinations across the European continent and the east Mediterranean, they knew of each other. Many had a teacher pupil relationship. * Languages spoken by these individuals as part of their profession (other than their Greek): mostly Latin and Italian, some Arabic, occasionally Hebrew. Functioning languages must have included Wallachian, Hungarian, Slavonic, Turkish, French and German. Expertise in: theology, mathematics, rhetoric, philosophy. Professional expertise in history, government, politics, constitutional law, and, no doubt, PR and regional customs. * Entries in the Pamperis index are alphabetical, but there are also ‘headline entries’ of cities and regions grouping their local scholars. Hence, under ‘Atheniensies’ we have Corydaleus, Patulas, Soteres, etc… Under ‘Peloponnesii’ we have Caesarius, Notaras, Dorotheus, Thalassius, etc… Under ‘Thessalonicenses’ we have Gregorius and Joannes. By far the lengthiest entry is on the grandee of the Ottoman court, Alexander Mavrocordato; Pamperis includes a French description of his status.: “…un tres habile homme, qui par son merite, quoique Grec de nation et de religion, a ete elevee a la charge de Conseiler d’Etat…” Pamperis was secretary to governor Mavrocordato. Greek title of work (phonetically transcribed): Aparithmisis Logion Graikon. Epitetimeni Aparithmisi ton kata tou parelthonda aiona logion Graikon, kai peri tinon en to nyn aioni anthoundon. (Concise catalogue (?) of Greek scholars of the previous century and of those thriving in the current one). Latin title: Brevie Recceno Eruditorum Graecorum superioris saeculi... Ps. hopefully someone is in the process of cataloguing the chronology, geography, encounters and movements of these individuals. After all, their contribution to the Enlightenment is undoubted. I would argue that Greek scholars were absolutely not just consumers of a western European ideology that eventually 'constructed' their self-perception. Furthermore (and as a distraction from the substance of the text), the Pamperis biography is a rich source of terms currently debated and pertaining to modern questions identity. Those questions do not seem to have been an issue in those days. So what were the issues? The field is quite rich and open. Constantine Buhayer University of Westminster London UK

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