
GREECE - LANGUAGE Atakta, 5 vol. bound in 7 (as published), FIRST EDITION, Paris, K. Everartou. Se trouve chez F. Didot, père et fils F. Didot, 1828-1835
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GREECE - LANGUAGE
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"A five-volume collection of material entitled Atakta (1828–35) [which] includes a critical edition of Byzantine vernacular poems and a total of more than 1500 pages containing lists of about 8000 Modern Greek words with comments on their etymology and usage" (Peter Mackridge, Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976, 2009). Koraes (1748-1833), founder of the Library at Chios, was instrumental in the movement towards Greek Independence, whose "advocacy of a revived classicism laid the intellectual foundations for the Greek struggle for independence. His influence on modern Greek language and culture was enormous" (Britannica).