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Emmanuel Rhoides

Born

in Hermoupolis, island of Syros, Greece

June 28, 1836

Died

January 07, 1904

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Emmanuel Rhoides (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης) was a Greek writer and journalist. He is considered one of the most illustrious and reviving spirits of the Greek letters of his time.

Born in Hermoupolis, the capital of the island of Syros, to a family of rich aristocrats from Chios — who had fled the island after the massacre of its population by the Ottomans in 1822 — he spent much of his youth abroad. Rhoides was erudite and at a young age had mastered not only the languages of continental Europe, but also, ancient Greek and Latin. His early youth years he spent in Genoa, Italy in the times of the revolutions, which were a far reaching repercussion of the French revolution.

He studied history, literature and philosophy in Berlin, and later in I Emmanuel Rhoides (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης) was a Greek writer and journalist. He is considered one of the most illustrious and reviving spirits of the Greek letters of his time.

Born in Hermoupolis, the capital of the island of Syros, to a family of rich aristocrats from Chios — who had fled the island after the massacre of its population by the Ottomans in 1822 — he spent much of his youth abroad. Rhoides was erudite and at a young age had mastered not only the languages of continental Europe, but also, ancient Greek and Latin. His early youth years he spent in Genoa, Italy in the times of the revolutions, which were a far reaching repercussion of the French revolution.

He studied history, literature and philosophy in Berlin, and later in Iasio, Romania where his merchant father had transferred the centre of his business activities. Obeying to the parental wish, he moved to Athens, where he printed the translation of Chateaubriand's Itinéraires.

In 1860, after a brief sojourn in Egypt, he decided to live and stay permanently in Athens. Later in his life, he would become very poor, especially with the bankruptcy of the family business, and the subsequent suicide of his beloved brother Nicholas. He eked out his last years by working as a curator for the national library of Greece. But, even from this position he was dismissed in 1902, when he got into a political dispute with the government. Rhoides suffered all through his life from a serious hearing problem, which eventually rendered him almost totally deafness.

In 1866 Rhoides published his notorious novel The Papess Joanne, an exploration of the legend of Pope Joan, a supposed female pope who reigned some time in the Middle Ages. Though a romantic novel, Rhoides asserted it contained conclusive evidence that Pope Joan truly existed and that the Catholic Church had been attempting to cover up the fact for centuries. The book was controversial, and led to his ex-communication from the Greek Orthodox Church.

Rhoides often adopted a clear-cut critical stance against the romanticism in literature and poetry and often was poignant and sarcastic to the romance writers and poets of his time. Rhoides, amongst his numerous translations, became the first to translate the works of Edgar Allan Poe into Greek. ...more

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	Pope Joan: Translated & Adapted from the Greek by Emmanuel Rhoides, Lawrence Durrell (translator) 3.90 avg rating — 1,396 ratings — published 1866 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Η Πάπισσα Ιωάννα Α΄ Τόμος by Emmanuel Rhoides, Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης, Δημήτρης Καλοκύρης (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1866	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ψυχολογία Συριανού συζύγου - Το παράπονον του νεκροθάπτου by Emmanuel Rhoides, Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης 4.05 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1894 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Η Πάπισσα Ιωάννα by Emmanuel Rhoides, Λευτέρης Παπαθανάσης (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator), Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης 3.81 avg rating — 105 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Η Πάπισσα Ιωάννα Β΄ Τόμος by Emmanuel Rhoides, Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης, Δημήτρης Καλοκύρης (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1866	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ψυχολογία Συριανού συζύγου by Emmanuel Rhoides, Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης, Βαγγέλης Ραπτόπουλος (Editor) 4.11 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Τα ανθελληνικά: Αφορισμοί και σκαλαθύρματα by Emmanuel Rhoides, Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Συριανά διηγήματα by Emmanuel Rhoides, Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης 4.41 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2006	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Τρεις μεσαιωνικές μελέτες by Emmanuel Rhoides, Δημήτρης Φύσσας (Translator), Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Το παράπονο του νεκροθάπτου by Emmanuel Rhoides, Εμμανουήλ Ροΐδης 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars