The Castle of Violets:from Greek Monemvasia to Turkish Menekshe
1957; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 20; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0041977x00062170
ISSN1474-0699
Autores Tópico(s)Balkans: History, Politics, Society
ResumoMonemvasia, an island town of the Morea, the Malvasia of the Italians, the Malvoisie of the French, is now an almost forgotten place, though its name still lives on as that of the strong sweet wine originally grown there—the ‘Malvasia’, ‘Malvasier’, ‘Malvoisie’, ‘Malmsey’ of the various languages and literatures of Europe. Yet once Monemvasia was a major port and emporium on a most important sea-route, and at the same time an impregnable fortress which played in history a rôle of no small consequence. As guardian of the western entrance to the Aegean Sea it was indeed the ‘Gibraltar of Greece’, as a modern writer 1 has called it, though nowadays the comparison is confined to its natural situation.
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