Anastasios Tagis ( el, Αναστάσιος Τάγης, 1839–1900) was a

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scholar and

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teacher of the 19th century.

Biography

Tagis was born in Monodendri of

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in 1839.«Αλφαβητικός κατάλογος : Τ - Τα»
Τάγης Αναστάσιος (1839 – 1900), Φιλόλογος", hellenicaworldPapazisis Dimitrios, «''Βιογραφική συλλογή λογίων Ελλήνων επί Τουρκοκρατίας (Ηπείρου – Θεσσαλίας – Μακεδονίας)''», Ηπειρωτική Εστία 27 (1978) 981 He graduated from the ''Rizarios School'' of

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and later from the Philolological School of the

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where he was awarded the teacher of philology degree. He initially taught in the Gymnasium of

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, after in

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and then in Halki. In 1873, he founded, along with others, a Greek high school in

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(officially Konstaniniyye) and taught in it with his brother, Filippos. Later, in 1869, he was elected a member of the ''Greek Philological Society of Constantinople'' (''Ελληνικός Φιλολογικός Σύλλογος εν Κωνσταντινούπολει''). He also taught in the ''Vasmatzidis School'' of Pera and in the famous

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. He wrote interpretations of the Aristotelian definitions of

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, pindar odes and commented on

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and the myths of

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.Dictionary of Greek: Τάγης
II, 1. Αναστάσιος (1839 – 1900), greek_greek.enacademic He spoke the

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fluently and completed a Delphic Hymn in 1894. He died in 1900, at the age of 60 or 61.Νεκρολογία Αναστασίου Τάγη
originally by Η Ήπειρος, 1910, p. 7-11

References

;Footnotes ;Sources *Jiovas Frixos, "''Κατάλογος Συγγραφέων Περιοχής Ζαγορίου (Από τον Μεθόδιο Ανθρακίτη έως σήμερα)''"

ist of writers of the region of Zagori (From Methodios Anthrakites to today) Ist or IST may refer to: Information Science and Technology * Bachelor's or Master's degree in Information Science and Technology * Graduate School / Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan * Graduate School ...

Ioannina, publ. Το Ζαγόρι μας, 1990, p. 64 {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagis, Anastasios 1839 births 1900 deaths Greek scholars Greek schoolteachers Greek philologists National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni People from Zagori