Byzantine re-enactment

[Theodosius the Great]

When Greece rebelled in 1821 the timing was excellent because of Romantism. But that proved to bee a two edged sword, what was Greek was good, what was Byzantine (even though it was also Greek IMHO) was bad.

Yes, I knew the English, and the French for that matter, were the culprits who divorced reality from fact and implanted the modern fictionalized account of Byzantium into the minds of modern Greeks. The English were content to leave the Ottomans' Christian subjects to languish under their yoke until one day the Christians (who still called themselves Romans) found out that they had better start calling themselves 'Greeks' to get the Greek-loving English to expel Ottoman rule from the Balkins. So the English deluded themselves into thinking they were 'liberating Greece' :roll:

As for the average Greek, Theo, he or she believes the same that almost everyone except for some Byzantologist and history crazies like most members of a particular internet forum, believes all around the world. Why should the average Greek be any different? Most people these days don’t give a fig for their history.

You're right, spyros. I was hoping things weren't as bad in Greece given your proximity to your eastern neighbors across the Aegean.

Also, as I mentioned on my previous post, Byzantium is hijacked by extreme right wingers and in a larger extend by the church. These two groups do not have many friends here.

Doesn't the Byzantine liturgy survive in the church Mass ? I don't see why this would be seen as hijacking a culture.

spyros\\n[quote] I had the good fortune of buying Cyril Mango’s “The Oxford History of Byzantiumâ€