The Castle of Violets
From Greek Monemvasia to Turkish Menekshe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2806101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Wittek (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1957 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 601-613 |
| Publication date | 1957-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00062170 |
| OpenAlex | W1999083025 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Monemvasia, an island town of the Morea, the Malvasia of the Italians, the Malvoisie of the French, is now an almost forgotten place, though its name still lives on as that of the strong sweet wine originally grown there-the 'Malvasia', 'Malvasier', 'Malvoisie', 'Malmsey' of the various languages and literatures of Europe. Yet once Monemvasia was a major port and emporium on a most important sea-route, and at the same time an impregnable fortress which played in history a rôle of no small consequence. As guardian of the western entrance to the Aegean Sea it was indeed the 'Gibraltar of Greece', as a modern writer1 has called it, though nowadays the comparison is confined to its natural situation
Ancient history · Art · Fortress (chess) · Genealogy · Geography · Guardian · Linguistics · Political science · Turkish · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · History · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2021 (43) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |