Bessarion Makris

Bessarion Makris(Greek:Βησσαρίων Μακρής,1635- 1699) was aGreekscholar and theologian.

He was born inIoannina,northwesternGreece,center of the 17th-18th centuryModern Greek Enlightenment.In 1672 Makris became the head of the Goumas (later known as Balanos) School. He composed a manual namedΣταχυολογία(Set of Gleanings), printed in 1686 inVenice.This work introduced new teaching methods with a series of questions and answers on Greek grammar and was considered a create success in Greek education and especially among the schools of Ioannina.^[1]^[2]

Makris got also involved in various theological discussions with another local scholar,Georgios Sougdouris,who succeeded him as head of the Goumas School in 1683.^[3]

At 1699 he published the philosophical workΠερί των τριών Αρετών Πίστεως Αγάπης και Ελπίδος(On the three Virtues: Faith, Love and Hope).^[4]

References

^Merry, Bruce (2004).Encyclopedia of modern Greek literature(1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. pp.162.ISBN 978-0-313-30813-0.
^Christidis, A.-F., ed. (2007).A history of ancient Greek: from the beginnings to late antiquity(1. publ. ed.). Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 1247–1248.ISBN 978-0-521-83307-3.
^Ostkirchliche Studien.Augustinus-Verlag. 1975. p. 239.
^Δερματά, Φωτεινή."Νεοελληνικός Διαφωτισμός και η Ήπειρος [Greek Enlightenment and Epirus]".zosimaia.gr.Σύλλογος Αποφοίτων Ζωσιμαίας Σχολής Ιωαννίνων.Retrieved4 July2011.

[1] Merry, Bruce (2004).Encyclopedia of modern Greek literature(1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. pp.162.ISBN 978-0-313-30813-0.

[Christidis-2] Christidis, A.-F., ed. (2007).A history of ancient Greek: from the beginnings to late antiquity(1. publ. ed.). Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 1247–1248.ISBN 978-0-521-83307-3.

[3] Ostkirchliche Studien.Augustinus-Verlag. 1975. p. 239.

[4] Δερματά, Φωτεινή."Νεοελληνικός Διαφωτισμός και η Ήπειρος [Greek Enlightenment and Epirus]".zosimaia.gr.Σύλλογος Αποφοίτων Ζωσιμαίας Σχολής Ιωαννίνων.Retrieved4 July2011.

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