Romiosini David Douglas edited by Jackie Kay

edited by Jackie Kay

ISBN: 9781908853295)

Flynn’s work is one place I might start my explanation

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Her work will also feature in The Best of Irish Poetry 2010 and a forthcoming Dedalus anthology of immigrant poetry written in Ireland

Romiosini David Douglas edited by Jackie KayThe word romiosini () or Greekness derives from the Byzantine idea that the Greeks are the true Romioi, the heirs of the Roman Empire. For hundreds of years under the Turkish occupation the flame of romiosini was kept alive in codes of honour, loyalty, bravery, love of the land, religious devotion and patriotism. For Yiannis Ritsos, the Greek Partisans of EAM ELAS in the Second World War were the heroic heirs to the romiosini of the mountain klephtes,