Dimitrios Μ. Sarros (; 1869/70-1937) was a

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scholar, teacher, soldier and writer of the late 19th and 20th centuries.

Biography

Sarros was born in 1869Σάρρος Δημήτριος
grandlodge or 1870 in Vitsa of

Zagori Zagori (; ), is a region, a municipality, and a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Asprangeloi. It has an area of some and contains 46 v ...

.ΣΑΡΡΟΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (1870 - 1937)
ΟΙ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΙ, izagori.gr He graduated from the

Zosimaia School The Zosimaia School () is a Greek middle-level educational institution of Ioannina (in Epirus). It was significant during the last period of Ottoman rule in the region (1828–1913). The ''Zosimaia'' was founded at 1828 through the personal expen ...

Ioannina Ioannina ( ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus (region), Epirus, an Modern regions of Greece, administrative region in northwester ...

and later from the ''Philosophical School'' of the

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; , ''Ethnikó kai Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the University of Athens (UoA), is a public university in Athens, Greece, with various campuses alo ...

. He initially was appointed as a teacher to a school of

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(1897). He later taught in

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and in the

Pancyprian Gymnasium The Pancyprian Gymnasium (), is the oldest still operational Lyceum, high school in Cyprus, founded in 1812. History In the location of the current school, an older school existed, established in 1753 known as Ellinomouseion (). The ''Pancypri ...

Nicosia Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia and Lefkoşa, is the capital and largest city of Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost of all EU member states' capital cities. Nicosia has been continuously inhabited for over 5,500 years and has been the capi ...

. In 1902 he was appointed as a teacher to

Serres Serres ( ) is a city in Macedonia, Greece, capital of the Serres regional unit and second largest city in the region of Central Macedonia, after Thessaloniki. Serres is one of the administrative and economic centers of Northern Greece. The c ...

and

Alexandroupoli Alexandroupolis (, ) or Alexandroupoli (, ) is a city in Greece and the capital of the Evros (regional unit), Evros regional unit. It is the largest city in Greek Thrace and the region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, with a population of 71,75 ...

, where he got involved with the Macedonian Committee and became an active member of the

Macedonian Struggle The Macedonian Struggle was a series of social, political, cultural and military conflicts that were mainly fought between Greek and Bulgarian subjects who lived in Ottoman Macedonia between 1893 and 1912. From 1904 to 1908 the conflict was p ...

. Later, he served as a teacher in the

Phanar Greek Orthodox College Phanar Greek Orthodox College or Phanar Roman Orthodox Lyceum (), known in Greek as the Great School of the Nation and Patriarchal Academy of Constantinople (, ''Megáli toú Genous Scholí''), is the oldest surviving and most prestigious Greek Or ...

, the ''Joachimio Greek Girls' School of Constantinople'' and in

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

. He was also a member of the ''Greek Philological Society of Constantinople'' (''Ελληνικός Φιλολογικός Σύλλογος'') and contributed as a judge and rapporteur in literary and folklore competitions of the philological magazine of the Society. At the same time, he developed nationalistic actions, as in 1912 he organized the first congress of teachers of the enslaved Hellenism of

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and attended a ''Great National Assembly'', thus being expelled and imprisoned by the Ottoman authorities. After the

Asia Minor Catastrophe Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

, he taught in

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and later in

Kallithea Kallithea (Greek language, Greek: Καλλιθέα, meaning "beautiful view") is a suburb in Athens#Athens Urban Area, Athens agglomeration and a municipality in South Athens (regional unit), south Athens regional unit. It is the eighth larges ...

. In 1926 he became an educational advisor of the Greek Ministry of Religious Affairs and Education until 1935.

Selected writings

Démétrios M. Sarros. Διορθωτικὰ εἰς Εὐριπίδην Ἰφιγένεια ή ἐν Ταύροις
original 1920,

Constantinople Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ...

Παρατηρήσεις εις το Ηπειρωτικόν γλωσσάριον του Π. Αραβαντινού
1920, Constantinople
Περί των εν Ηπείρω Μακεδονία και Θράκη συνθηματικών γλωσσών
1923,

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

Πώς είδε και πώς ετραγούδησεν ο Λόρδος Βύρων την Ήπειρον
1935, Athens

References

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