Glyki () or Glyky (Γλυκύ) is a village in

Thesprotia Thesprotia (; , ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the Epirus region. Its capital and largest town is Igoumenitsa. Thesprotia is named after the Thesprotians, an ancient Greek tribe that inhabited the region in antiquity. His ...

, in northwestern

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History

The site of Glyki is identified with the ancient city of Euroea, which was abandoned in the early 7th century due to

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attacks. The modern settlement is first mentioned as the '' chartoularaton'' of "Gliki" in 1205. The name "Glykys" apparently derives from the nearby

Acheron River The Acheron ( or ; ''Acheron'' or Ἀχερούσιος ''Acherousios''; ''Acherontas'') is a river in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is long, and has a drainage area of . The river's source is located near the village Zotiko, in ...

, whose estuary was known as Γλυκύς λιμὴν ("sweet port") already in Antiquity; by the 11th century, the name had been transferred to the river itself. The settlement of Glyky became a

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, which by 1337 had been united with the neighbouring see of

Bouthrotos Butrint (, , ) was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus. Originally a settlement of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians, it later became part of the state of Epirus and later a Roman ' ...

(Βοθρωτοὺ καὶ Γλυκέως). The joint bishopric was subordinated in the second half of the 15th century to the

Metropolis of Ioannina The Metropolis of Ioannina () is a Greek Orthodox diocese centred on the city of Ioannina, in the Epirus of Greece. As one of the "New Lands", it belongs formally to the Patriarchate of Constantinople, but is administered by the Church of Greece. ...

. The ruins of a three-

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d middle Byzantine

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, itself erected over an earlier church, survive next to the Church of St. Donatus. Possibly the site is the same as the cathedral dedicated to St. Donatus that was built under

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(). During the early months of the

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, the between the

Souliotes The Souliotes were an Greek Orthodox Church, Orthodox Christian Albanian tribes, Albanian tribal community in the area of Souli in Epirus from the 16th century to the beginning of the 19th century, who via their participation in the Greek War of ...

and the Ottoman Albanian beys of the area was concluded here.

Modern period

In the early 20th century, the village was one of the Orthodox Albanian-speaking villages of Thesprotia. During the

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, Glyki was burned by pro-Ottoman Albanian irregulars. In modern times, the village's population was employed in livestock raising and agriculture, especially rice. From 238 inhabitants in 1928, it grew to 481 in 1971, before declining to 438 in 2011. Since 2011, it is part of the Acherontas municipal unit (previously a municipality) of the

Souli Souli () is a municipality in Epirus, northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Paramythia. Name and history The origin of the name Souli is uncertain. In the earliest historical text about Souli, written by Christoforos ...

municipality.

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* {{Souli div Populated places in Thesprotia Souli Defunct dioceses of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople Medieval Epirus Byzantine sites in Epirus (region)