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In 1983 Kollias authored a book titled ''Arvanites and the Origin of Greeks'' which he reedited several times and was translated into Albanian in 2002.<ref name="De Rapper89"/> This book was considered important in rehabilitating the Arvanites in post-dictatorial Greek society.<ref name="De Rapper89"/> Claims made in the book include that alongside the Greeks, Arvanites shared [[Pelasgians|Pelasgian]] origins thereby making them the "most authentic Greeks" with their language being closer to Pelasgic while asserting that many Greek words had an |
In 1983 Kollias authored a book titled ''Arvanites and the Origin of Greeks'' which he reedited several times and was translated into Albanian in 2002.<ref name="De Rapper89"/> This book was considered important in rehabilitating the Arvanites in post-dictatorial Greek society.<ref name="De Rapper89"/> Claims made in the book include that alongside the Greeks, Arvanites shared [[Pelasgians|Pelasgian]] origins thereby making them the "most authentic Greeks" with their language being closer to Pelasgic while asserting that many Greek words had an Arvanite etymology.<ref name="De Rapper89"/> |
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Aristeidis Kollias (Αριστείδης Κόλλιας) | |
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| Born | July 8, 1944 |
| Died | October 1, 2000 (aged 56) |
| Citizenship | Greece |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Known for | historical and folklorist research on Arvanites, and other related topics |
Aristeidis P. Kollias (Greek: Αριστείδης Π. Κόλλιας;[1] Albanian: Aristidh Kola, July 8, 1944 – October 1, 2000), was a Greek lawyer, publicist, historian and folklorist. He was also president of the Association of the Arvanites Μάρκος Μπότσαρης.
Life
Kollias was an Greek-Arvanite. He was born in Leontari (old name: Kaskaveli), Boeotia in Central Greece, a village inhabited mainly by Arvanites.[2] Kollias was raised in an Arvanitika speaking family.[2] In 1968 Kollias obtained a jurisprudence degree in Athens, and worked as a lawyer until 1980, when he started to devote his time to studying the linguistic, folkloric and historical traditions of the Arvanites in Greece.[2] Kollias published in Greek his major work Arvanites and the origin of the Greeks (1983) in Greece and was reprinted later in other editions.[2] In 1985 he along with Thanasis Moraitis and Dimitris Lekas organised the first music concert in Arvanitika held in Greece.[2] During 1995 he founded Thamiras, a publishing house devoted to printing the works of Arvanite and Albanian authors.[2] Kollias authored two books in both Albanian and Greek on the situation in Kosovo regarding massacres and other human rights violations by Slobodan Miloševic of Albanians in the 1990s.[3] In 1996 Kollias relinquished his position as head of the Arvanite league of Greece organisation to devote his time toward Pelasgian studies.[4] From 1997 onward he published a tri-monthly magazine titled Arvanon and together with Kosovar acquaintances used the publication to discuss issues such as the Kosovo conflict.[4] Kollias advocated for the Albanian Kosovar cause by informing the wider public in Greece and also received backlash for his support.[4] In 2000 Kollias was diagnosed with leukemia and died shortly thereafter on 11 September.[4]
Kollias also published a magazine "Besa". He cooperated and maintained connections with the Albanian diaspora and collaborated with Italian Arberesh, Arbëresh of Corsica, Arbanas of Croatia, Albanians of Kosovo, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Turkey and with intellectuals from around the world.[5]
Legacy
In 1983 Kollias authored a book titled Arvanites and the Origin of Greeks which he reedited several times and was translated into Albanian in 2002.[6] This book was considered important in rehabilitating the Arvanites in post-dictatorial Greek society.[6] Claims made in the book include that alongside the Greeks, Arvanites shared Pelasgian origins thereby making them the "most authentic Greeks" with their language being closer to Pelasgic while asserting that many Greek words had an Arvanite etymology.[6]
Works
- Αρβανίτες και η καταγωγή των Έλληνον (Arvanites and the origin of the Greeks), 1983.
- Language of gods, 1989.
- Arvanitas Union statement
- Corrective Dictionary of Arvanitic words
- Comparative Dictionary of the Albanian Language
- Greece trapped in Milosevic Serbs
- Song of Mercenaries, Greek ancestry
- Myth and Truth
- Third funeral of Marko Bocari
See also
References
- ^ "Κόλλιας, Αριστείδης Π." biblionet.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2017-02-19.
- ^ a b c d e f Millaku 2018, p. 5.
- ^ Millaku 2018, pp. 5–6.
- ^ a b c d Millaku 2018, p. 6.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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