97:– cultivated the delicate climate of learning and culture around him. Christopoulos registered for courses in medicine at the University of Pest in 1792. Of course, this implies that he must have learned Latin, the official language of most universities. He spent about two years in the Hungarian metropolis before realizing that he was fascinated with the study of law. On a visit to Italy, in 1794, he decided to sign up for courses in medicine and law at the highly respected University of Padua. By 1797, he returned to Bucharest. For many reasons, least of which was personal dissatisfaction, Christopoulos decided to abandon the medical profession. He preferred to teach in the homes of the wealthy Greek families – the famous Phanariot Greeks – who were the bedrock of Bucharest’s high society. In 1799, he became tutor to the children of
121:, the famous patriot and intellectual whose crusade for a purified Greek tongue led to the artificialities of the katharevousa. Christopoulos continued the offensive by declaring that the genuine dialect of the common people and folk tradition – not that proposed by Korais – should be the national language of the Greeks. In an even more fascinating theory, Christopoulos proclaimed that the Aeolo-Doric dialect of the Macedonians, Epirots and Thessalians - not the Attic dialect of Pericles’ Athens - was the true foundation of modern Greek. In response to building criticism he wrote: "Let us not become, O Greeks, ungrateful to it. We must not kick it about. Let us honor it, in our speech, and even in our writing."
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company of salon society. In time, the couple welcomed a son, Ioannis. His wife seemed unconcerned with the proper upbringing of her child, and
Christopoulos hired a wet nurse. For a period of time, the marriage seemed to be on shaky ground. Added to this, the publication of the Code led to demonstrations against Caradja, who was eventually ousted from power by the Porte. Christopoulos, sharing his patron’s disappointments while at the same time devastated by the state of his marriage, chose to escort the prince to Italy with his infant son and the wet nurse. His wife could not be persuaded to join him at any time.
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draft a code of law for his new patron. The code was set down with the expressed purpose of bettering the plight of the masses. Thus, by 1818, the
Wallachian Code of Law made its appearance. From the onset it was opposed by the nobility, who based their arguments on the premise that the Code sought to eradicate feudal rights. Caradja requested that the logothete issue a new edition. The first edition, however, remained in the record and evidenced clear influences from the French, particularly the political writings of
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80:, the son of Yiannis Christou, a Greek Orthodox priest, who expanded the family name to Christopoulos. In 1774, the family moved to Bucharest, in the province of Wallachia. Under the guidance of esteemed Greek teachers of the Diaspora, Athanasios mastered the basics of Greek literature and Orthodox theology. He read the literature of the ancients. He studied the writings of the Church Fathers. He admired the smooth verses of the Cretan poet
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188:, the man who was destined to proclaim the Greek War of Independence in the Danubian principalities in 1821. At some point in 1823, his correspondence with Ypsilantis was discovered by the British authorities. Fearing that he may be detained and arrested, Christopoulos immediately left the island and made haste for the solitude of the Transylvanian Alps.
129:, who was to become a well-known dramatist. During these years Christopoulos’ many poems were collected and finally published. In 1811, in Vienna, the “Lyrika” were published to great acclaim. The poems became well-known and distributed throughout most of Europe, particularly Germany, France and Italy. His peers proclaimed him the
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was well-disposed and eager to invite the poet to his court. Recognizing his legal education, Caradja elevated
Christopoulos to the position of Logothete of Foreign Affairs. If it was thought that the title was purely ceremonial, the belief was proven to be incorrect: Christopoulos was called upon to
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is an analysis of political systems from antiquity to the modern age. He boldly stated that all political systems have no value whatsoever if there is a lack of able and qualified leaders. Any emphasis on self-interest and state-sponsored violence is destructive. While the Greeks read his treatise,
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In 1817, Christopoulos had met and courted a younger woman of whom so little is known. Not even her name is known. She accepted his offer of marriage and soon thereafter became his wife. His wife shared no interest in the great talents of her famous poet husband, and oftentimes sought escape in the
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and was joined by his son and repentant wife. Here he learned of the tragedy of
Ypsilantis’ campaign and the Turkish reprisals against the Greek communities. He also learned of the revolt proclaimed on the Greek mainland and Aegean islands. He was nevertheless in a world of spiritual and artistic
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In 1806, Mourouzis relocated once again and this time it was to his palace in
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In 1805, Christopoulos penned a very influential work entitled “The Aeolo-Doric
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was to inspire him in his writing and theories on linguistics. He sang the folk songs of his native land. All these interests developed as the Greek administrators of the province, the hospodar princes of his youth – like
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