Eine unvollendete Tragödie von Dr. N. S. Pikkolo

Abstract

The well-known XIXth century Greek scholar and humanist, Nikolaos Pikkolos, during his brief stay in Chios (1817-18), where he taught Greek history at the local school, began to write a new tragedy entitled «Leonidas at Thermopylae». The intention of his work was to evoke the patriotic sentiment of the subjugated Greek people. However, his continuous wanderings and his active involvement in the revolutionary movement of the diaspora Greeks resulted in the abandonment of his
literary activiry. «Leonidas at Thermopylae» was never finished, but a large part of its Prologue has been preserved and is now republished by V. Beševliev as it appeared in the Paris edition of 1838.