Georgios Dimitriou[1] (Greek: Γεώργιος Δημητρίου) was a Greek 18th-century author and scholar.

Dimitriou came from one of the notable and literate families of Gjirokaster, then Ottoman Empire.[2] He was a native of that city, today located in southern Albania. He lived at the time when Ali Pasha was the local Ottoman ruler of Epirus. In 1783, he sent a report to the Austrian Empire that described Ali Pasha's background and the activities of his irregular troops in the region.[3]

Dimitriou published two works. One in 1783, entitled Περιγραφή της Βόρειας Αλβανίας και Βόρειας Ηπείρου (Description of Northern Albania and Northern Epirus), which is considered of considerable historical value today.[3] In 1785, he published in Venice a bilingual Greek-Latin Grammar that contained personal observations, Epistles and Maxims, as well as biographies of notable men. This work was in fact a collection of chrestomathy under the guise of a bilingual grammar.[4] It was dedicated to Alexander II Mavrokordatos "Firaris", ruler of Moldavia.[2]

References

  1. ↑ also spelled Yeorgios Demetriou
  2. 1 2 Konstantinos, Giakoumis (2002). "The monasteries of Jorgucat and Vanishte in Dropull and of Spelaio in Lunxheri as monuments and institutions during the Ottoman period in Albania (16th-19th centuries)": s 211–212. Retrieved 8 July 2018. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 1 2 Skiotis, Dennis N. (1971). "From Bandit to Pasha: first Steps in the Rise to Power of Ali of Tepelen, 1750-1784". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 2 (3): 219–244. doi:10.1017/s0020743800001112. S2CID 159559591. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  4. ↑ Merry, Bruce (2004). Encyclopedia of modern Greek literature (1. publ. ed.). Westport, Conn. [u.a.]: Greenwood Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-313-30813-0.
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