LATEST PHASES OF LITERARY STYLE IN GREECE. Ill 



"CI, e'tOe va eTr/Kero, vet SteXveTO /cat etg Spocrov va peTe/3a\AeTO r) v-rrepdyav arepea avTr/ crdp£ ! 

 "H va p.r) etxe Qecrir'tcret 6 Atwvtog tov Kara Trjg avToxetptag vo/xov\ 'CI 6ee\ Oee ! Uocrov oxXr/pa, 

 ecoXa, Taireiva. ical avuxpeXrj p.ot (patvovTat to. tov koct/ulov tovtov ! 'E? tcopaicas ! EtVe yrj Ke^epcrco/xevr/, 

 ev § (fivovTcu aypia yppra, KaTexpvcrt S' avTr)v crairpd /jlovov irp6.yiJ.aTa kou (pveret evTeXrj. Et? tovto 

 v cnroXrj£fl ! Mo'At? Svo /Ar/vcov veicpog ! "Ofti, o%t, ovSe touov, ovSe Svo. BaertAeu? to&ov e^atpeTog, 

 ocrTtg, crvyKptvo/xevog irpbg tovtov, tJto cog ' Yireptwv irpbg SaYi/poi/ !' Toa-ov 6e tjyatra Ttjv p.rjTepa fMOV, 

 ware ovS' etg avrouf a/co'p>7 TOi/g dve/xovg tov Ovpavov >'/6eXev eTrtTpe^ret va Trvecocrt fitaioog eir\ tow 

 irpocrcoTrov Trjg. 



To make the contrast complete, I may as well insert here a specimen of the prose 

 style of Bikelas, with a passage from the columns of a current Greek newspaper. The 

 extract from Bikelas is from a small volume (Athens, 1890), in which he gives to an 

 Athenian audience his impressions of Scotland and its people. The extract relates to 

 St Andrews, and the game of golf there practised. 



"0\t fJ-aKpav Trjg KCo/xo-woXewg Falkland, etg pudg irep'tirov topag dirocrTacriv Sia tov crtSr/poSpo/xov, 

 KeiTai eir] Trjg OaXacrcrrjg r) apyaia iroXtg tov Aylov 'AvSpeov. Tr)v crrj/uiepov r) irdXig avTrj ^pt'ferat 

 Sid Ta irapa Tr)v OdXaercrav ireS'ta ottov irai^eTat Sia er<patpoov to kot e^oxhv ^kcotikov iratyviov tov 

 Golf. At icaicai yXcocrcrai Xeyow oti ol etpr/viKol ovtoi aycoveg diroTeXovv to cnroicXeicrTCKOv, rj TOvXa- 

 X'cttov to icvpiwTepov Oe/xa 6/JiiXiag tcov r/crvxoov KaToiKCov Trjg. ' AXXore o/icog, KaTa. tov p.eaatwva 

 Kpavyai iroXep.ov avTtJxW av TroXXaicig irepi Ta Tetxv Trjg /cat to al/xa eyyOr/ etg Tag oSovg T?)g. 



In this passage only five idioms distinctive of the popular dialect occur, viz. — 

 ox' fo r ov, els for ev, t*]v o-r]p.epov for cr^fxepov, ow for overt, and rr/g for avTrjg ; nevertheless, 

 it is sufficiently differentiated from the more advanced style of the "Ao-tv newspaper 

 (Athens, 5th December 1891), in a passage of twice the length, containing a notice of 

 the new Professorship of Modern Greek in the Liverpool College. 



'0 " 'Hpepjjcno? TaxvSpd/j.og Trjg AefiepirovXr/g" eSrj/xocrievcre irep\ Trjg etg to avToOt iraveirtdTrifxiov 

 etaaycoytjg Trjg veoeXXqvtKrjg Tag eiroiJ.evag XeTTTOfiepetag ev tw tov 2a/3/3drou 23)2 Ae/cep/3ptou 0yXXw 

 auToC, ct? /cat KaTaxwpi^o/Jiev &Se cog toctovto) /uaXXov evStaepepoverag, ocrw ev eTepatg x^P^? h eXXrjviKr) 

 KXacrtKri Te /cat vewTepa Setvwg KaTairoXe/xelTat cog SrjOev rJKtcrTa xpWWog. 



MeTa 7rXeurTr]g burjg evxaptUTrja-ewg ayyeXXo/uev oTt r) ^vyKXrjTog Ttjg iraveirtcrTrjfiiaKrjg crxoXrjg 

 a.7re<pacri<re tt\v ervcrTacrtv tStwv Tafjewv StSauKaXlag Trjg veag eXXrjvtKrjg yXuxrcrrjg ev Trj o")(,oXrj, irpocrXa- 

 j3ovcra Sid ty\v StSacrKaXtav TavTtjv tov k. Kw^ctt. Kovp^, ocrrtg eirt tKavd fjor) eTrj eStSacricev ev Trj 

 eXXr/viKi] KOtvoTrjTt Ai/3ep7rovXr)g. '0 /c. Kovp^?. e/c twv 'lovtcov vijercov ctywv to yevos, eive StaKeKptfjcevog 

 §nrXcoiu.aTOVXog tov r Kave r Kt<jTY\fxiov 'AOrjvcov ical KaTOXog ov /jlovov Trjg eiritjTr/ixoviKtjg yvwerecog Trjg 

 veoeXXr/vtKrjg yXw<Tcrr]g, aXXa Kat evpetag KXacrticrjg /xaOrjaeoog KaOcog /cat 7roXXcc>v evpunra't'icwv yXwcrcrwv. 

 'YiXTrl£op.ev OTt r) crvyKaTaXe^tg StSdiCTOpog TOtavTrjg tKavoTr/Tog, dtag 6 k. JLovprjg, ev too aptOjuw tcov 

 rj/ieTepcov evTOirtwv Kadr/yr]Tu>v, ecrTat crirovSatov irXeoveKTrj/ia Ty irave-KicrTr/txiaKr/ o"xoXr} /cat 8<peXog 

 ov crp.iK.pov TOtg (poiTr/Taig avTrjg. H Ta£tg avTrj tov k. JLovprj ecrTat Kaircog d^ioirep'tepyog cog irpog to 

 irpocrooiriKov avrr/g Kat TrtcrTeveTat OTt t) SiSacrKaXia avTOV OeXet crvvTeXecret to, p.eyicrTa irpog Kpe'iTTOva 

 kou dicpi/3ecrTepav yvwcrtv Trjg veoeXXr/viKr/g yXoocrcrr/g irapa tcov cricovSaoTobv Tr/g AtfiepTrovXr/g. 



In this long passage there are only two points of the popular Eomaic idiom, 

 viz. — elve for euTt, and the auxiliary BeXco with the future indicative ; and this 

 suggests the important remark that it is by no means the intention of the advocates of 

 the KaBapevovcra style to restore the classical idiom pedantically in all its detail ; they 



