02749cam a22003013u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000340011324500240014726400510017130000470022233600260026933700260029533800360032150000310035750800190038852018890040753400490229665300220234565300370236785600430240476347UtSlPG20260610134751.0mcr n260607r20251897utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aDF1 aInha, Into Konrad,d1865-193010aHellas ja helleenit 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-06-21  aTapio Riikonen  a"Hellas ja helleenit : Piirteitä nykyisestä Kreikasta ja sen muinaismuistoista" by I. K. Inha is a travelogue and historical account written in the late 19th century. It combines on-the-spot reportage from Greece with vivid reflections on classical ruins, the character of modern Hellenes, and the nation’s long arc from antiquity through Ottoman rule to renewed statehood in the shadow of a recent Greco‑Turkish crisis. A journalist-narrator observes landscapes, cities, and people while revisiting the myths and monuments that shaped European civilization. Expect reflective travel scenes interleaved with accessible history and cultural portraiture, not a single continuous plot.  The opening of the work sets the terms in a brief preface: the author is a newspaperman offering impressions from a short stay in Athens, with antiquities as a main focus. It begins on Acrocorinth, contrasting glowing temple ruins and noble figures of poor shepherds with a sweeping evocation of Greece as Europe’s cultural cradle. A long, compressed survey follows: from Roman-era decline through barbarian raids, Byzantine shifts, Slavic, Saracen, and Norman incursions, Venetian depredations (including the Parthenon’s ruin), and the rise of European philhellenism. The narrative then recounts the Greek War of Independence—Ottoman oppression, klepht and armatole fighters, atrocities on both sides, philhellenic volunteers (notably Byron), naval heroes, Ibrahim Pasha’s onslaught, Mesolongi’s stand, and great‑power intervention leading to independence. Finally it turns to contemporary tensions with Turkey over Crete and irredentist aims, before shifting into the author’s own journey south from Finland to Corfu during wartime excitement, where he records early front reports and first impressions of the Mediterranean world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cHelsinki: Otava, 1897  aGreece -- History  aGreece -- Description and travel40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76347