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Akropolis (newspaper)

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Akropolis
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Founder(s)Vlasis Gavriilidis
PublisherVlasis Gavriilidis
Founded1883
Political alignmentProgressive, Demoticist
Ceased publication1921
Relaunched1929
HeadquartersAthens, Greece

Akropolis (Greek: Ακρόπολις) was a Greek newspaper based in Athens. Between 1883 and 1921, it played a major part in the debate concerning the Greek language question, particularly in the events leading up to the Gospel Riots of 1901 in Athens.

History

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Akropolis was essentially the creation of one man, Vlasis Gavriilidis, who founded it in 1883 and played a great part in running it until his death in 1920. Eight months later the newspaper ceased publication, although it was relaunched in 1929 and has been published intermittently since then.[1]: 114  [2] [3]

References

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  1. ^ Merry, Bruce (2004). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Westport, CT, USA: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313308136.
  2. ^ Carabott, Philip (1993). "Politics, orthodoxy, and the language question in Greece: the Gospel Riots of 1901" (PDF). Journal of Mediterranean Studies. 3 (1): 117–138. ISSN 1016-3476. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-07.
  3. ^ Mackridge, Peter (2009). Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921442-6.