This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. CRETAN SONGS AND LEGENDS. The popular songs of Greece, in which the Greek nationality through many centuries of oppression has still preserved itself, may be divided into several classes. I. Historical. Some of these go back as far as the tenth century, and deal with the heroic deeds of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VI. CRETAN SONGS AND LEGENDS. The popular songs of Greece, in which the Greek nationality through many centuries of oppression has still preserved itself, may be divided into several classes. I. Historical. Some of these go back as far as the tenth century, and deal with the heroic deeds of the Akrita, or frontier-soldiers of the Byzantine Empire: the scene is usually laid in Asia Minor, or Mount Taurus. It is not, however, until the second half of the eighteenth century that they become numerous. The Cretan Revolution of 1770, brought about by the ambition of the Empress Catherine of Russia, was the origin of a number of songs, which are practically the only historical documents extant concerning the heroic struggles of that period on the island. Amongst them are The Entry of the Turks into Sphakia, and Daskaloyiannes (Master John) of Sphakia. II. Religions. These comprise songs relating to the Church festivals, the Virgin Mary, the angels and saints, and, amongst the latter, St. George in particular, one of the most venerated saints in the Greek Church; songs relating to various events connected with the life of Christ. III. Romantic. These deal with the exploits of the Klephts (brigands), and romantic adventures generally. IV. Myrologia, or funeral songs, of which there is a very large nnmber. V. Love Songs and Erotic distichs, the latter almost exclusively confined to celebrating the charms of the lady. She is sometimes a rose, a pink, a pomegranate, an apple-tree loaded with fruit. When she passes along the street, it is filled with roses; she is as white as the snow on the mountains, her head is a vessel of silver, her hair threads of silk, her eyes blue as sapphires or black as the Athenian olive, her mouth a half-open...
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