Bessarion Makris (, 1635- 1699) was a

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scholar and theologian. He was born in

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, northwestern

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, center of the 17th-18th century

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. In 1672 Makris became the head of the Goumas (later known as Balanos) School. He composed a manual named ''Σταχυολογία'' (Set of Gleanings), printed in 1686 in

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. This work introduced new teaching methods with a series of questions and answers on Greek grammar and was considered a create success in Greek education and especially among the schools of Ioannina. Makris got also involved in various theological discussions with another local scholar, Georgios Sougdouris, who succeeded him as head of the Goumas School in 1683. At 1699 he published the philosophical work ''Περί των τριών Αρετών Πίστεως Αγάπης και Ελπίδος'' (On the three Virtues: Faith, Love and Hope).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Makris, Bessarion 1635 births 1699 deaths People of the Modern Greek Enlightenment Writers from Ioannina Ottoman Ioannina 17th-century Greek writers 17th-century Greek educators 17th-century Greek philosophers