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KONSTANTINOS SIMONIDES AN INCOMPATIBLE PERSONALITY
(1820-1867)
But [Myson the Hineus] said: "They do not seek things from words, but from things the reasons; for it is not from words that things are accomplished, but from things that are words."
Diogenes Laertius KONSTANTINOS SIMONIDES
AN INCOMPATIBLE PERSONALITY
© Author: NIKOLOS VAS. FARMAKIDIS 12 Amarantou Street, 85131, Rhodes E-mail:
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Antonios Emm. Vratsalis
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To my son Konstantinos
To remember that life is not determined by wealth and knowledge, but by the education of our country that should imbue us.
PROLOGUE……………………………………………………. IX
INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………… 1
Part I. The environment of Constantinos Simonides…………….. 11
I. 1. The birth of Constantinos Chatzikostas (Simonides) ................................ 11
I. 2. Symi before the Greek Revolution ..................................... 13
I. 3. The School of Agia Marina in Symi ................................................... 22
I. 4. Benedict the Russian ………………………………...………… 33
I. 5. Symi during the Revolution of 1821 until Kapodistrias... 44
I. 6. The period of Kapodistrias 1828 – 1831 ………..………........... 54
I. 7. Symi after 1835 ……………..…………………………........ 70
I. 8. The family of Constantine ………………………………… 79
I. 9. Constantine's relations with his family ……..…….. 87
I.10. Symi with the creation of the Greek State …………….. 100
Part II. The studies of Constantinos Simonides……………….. 103
II. 1. The schools and the Orphanage in Aegina ………………... 103
II. 2. Constantine in Aegina ………………………………………… 105
II. 3. The first studies of Constantine …………………………. 106
II. 4. The teachers of Constantine ………………………………… 114
Part III. Konstantinos Simonides and the world around him... 121
III. 1. The changes that affected him ……………………………… 121
III. 2. The holy relics of Mount Athos ………………………….. 121
III. 3. The Westerners and the monuments of Greek literature ………... 123
Part IV. The wanderings of Constantinos Simonides ………. 125
IV. 1. Its beginning in the Greek area …………..……………... 125
IV. 2. Monastery of Ag. Panteleimon (of the Russians) ……………………….. 126
IV. 3. The passage from Constantinople …………………… 135
IV. 4. In Odessa ………………………………………………………… 139
IV. 5. Constantine's study tours ……………………. 144
Part V. The effort in Greece …………………….…….. 147
V. 1. In Athens under the protection of Kolettis..…………………. 147
V. 2. The Full Moon and the heliotype ……..…………………………... 152
V. 3. Ragavis enters Constantine's life …..…………... 155
V. 4. "Geographically and legally regarding Cephalonia".......... 170
V. 5. Who was Jonah King ……………………………………. 170
V. 6. The ecclesiastical in Greece ................................................ 173
V. 7. The King case and Constantine …….…………………… 175
V. 8. The library of uncle Benedict ……………………………. 188
V. 9. A true story of finding manuscripts ……………... 195
V. 10. The authentic manuscripts in Athens ……………………... 196
V. 11. Ragavi's knowledge of palaeography ……....………… 200
V. 12. "Symaid" a dilemma of Simonides? ……………….…….. 202
Part VI. Return to Istanbul ……….………….. 209
VI. 1. The persecution of Hierotheos …………………………………………………… 209
VI. 2. Family rivalries continue …………………… 213
VI. 3. The effort with the Russians ………………………………… 215
VI. 4. The excavations in Constantinople …………………….. 223
VI. 5. The publications before the excavation …………………….. 234
VI. 6. Simonides' study of the Egyptian stele …………….. 238
VI. 7. The effort with America ………………………………… 239
Part VII. Preparing for the trip to Europe …….……. 243
VII. 1. The journey to Mount Athos and Smyrna …………………….. 243
Part VIII. From Alexandria to Europe …………………. 257
VIII. 1 In England ………………………………………….……... 257
VIII. 2. In France ………………………………………………………… 269
VIII. 3. In Germany …………………………………………………. 275
VIII. 4. The Heavenly …………………………………………………… 280
VIII. 5. The return to England ………………….………………… 294
VIII. 6. The two hieromonks of Kalliniki ………………….…………… 304
VIII. 7. The Mayerian Code …………………….………………... 321
Part IX. The Sinaitic Codex ………………………………….. 327
IX. 1. The Case of the Sinaitic Code ………………………….. 327
IX. 2. Controversies in England about the Sinaitic Code …….. 340
IX. 3. The Sinaitic Codex and the Monastery of Sinai .................................... 349
Part X. Epilogue in Alexandria to this day …………....... 353
X. 1. The death of Stilpon and the proceedings in Alexandria... 353
X. 2. The death of Constantine …………………………………... 359
X. 3. The dispute between the half-brothers of Simonides …………... 361
X. 4. The case of Artemidorus ……………………………………….. 362
X. 5. Who was Constantine and what was he fighting …………………. 366
APPENDIX …………………………………………………………... 379
BIBLIOGRAPHY ..…………………………………………………………………….. 467