Akropolis (newspaper)

Akropolis

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Founder(s)	Vlasis Gavriilidis
Publisher	Vlasis Gavriilidis
Founded	1883
Political alignment	Progressive, Demoticist
Ceased publication	1921
Relaunched	1929
Headquarters	Athens, Greece

Akropolis (Greek: Ακρόπολις) was a Greek newspaper based in Athens. Between 1883 and 1921, it played a major part in the debate concerning the Greek language question, particularly in the events leading up to the Gospel Riots of 1901 in Athens.

History

Akropolis was essentially the creation of one man, Vlasis Gavriilidis, who founded it in 1883 and played a great part in running it until his death in 1920. Eight months later the newspaper ceased publication, although it was relaunched in 1929 and has been published intermittently since then.^{[1]:114 [2] [3]}

References

1. Merry, Bruce (2004). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Westport, CT, USA: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313308136.
2. Carabott, Philip (1993). "Politics, orthodoxy, and the language question in Greece: the Gospel Riots of 1901" (PDF). Journal of Mediterranean Studies 3 (1): 117–138. ISSN 1016-3476.
3. Mackridge, Peter (2009). Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921442-6.