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"THE INHUMAN AND MOST BARBAROUS MASSACRE OF THE SCIOTS"

Citation:

Kamberidou, I. (2026). "THE INHUMAN AND MOST BARBAROUS MASSACRE OF THE SCIOTS". In The Chian Federation 41st Homeric Award 2025 (Vol. 41, pp. 26-37). New York: Publication of the Hellenic American Cultural Center of the Chian Federation …. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/2dzy4q5g
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Abstract:

Prologue: "The cruel ravages which have been committed by the Turks might well have inspired another Homer!"

 

The slave-markets of Scio (Chios), Constantinople and Smyrna were always full of Greek women and girls, some offered as gifts to Sultan Mahmut II for his harem, according to the accounts of Louise Demont and Princess Celine, who accompanied Princess Caroline, then future Queen of Great Britain during her travels in 1814 to 1820.