A journey to the Homeric landscape Smyrna / Dr. Ayşe Yetișkin Kubilay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kubilay, Ayşe Yetişkin, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

İzmir (Turkey)--Description and travel.

İzmir (Turkey).

İzmir (Turkey)--History.

Travel.

Turkey--İzmir.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

399 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 33 cm

Place of Publication:

Bucharest : Troas Publishing, 2022.

Contents:

Preface

The Cover Map

Human Existence in Smyrna during the Pre-Historic Era / Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zafer Derin

Homer's Homeland / Prof. Dr. Cumhur Tanrıver

Smyrna after Alexander the Great / Assoc. Prof. Dr. Akın Ersoy

THE MOST IMPORTANT EPIC JOURNEYS THE HISTORY OF HOMERIC SMYRNA

Born on the Shores of Meles / Homer

How the Aeolians Lost Smyrna / Herodotus

Who will Live in Pagos will be more Happier than Before / Alexander the Great

The Temple of Apollo, the Bay and the City of Smyrna / Strabo

The Smyrnaeans have the River Meles, where Homer Composed his Poems / Pausanias

As Smyrna Falls, can I Stand to Sit Silent? / Publius Aelius Aristeides

We Stayed with a Pious and Perfect Person, a Sheikh of the Ahmadiyya / Ibn Battuta

Through the Eyes of a Pharmacist from Germany / Reinhold Lubenau

A City with its Creeks and Hills, Full of Olive and Pomegranate Trees / Polish Simeon

The Places are Referred to only in Maps and History Books / Clausier du Loir

I have Never come across Wine More Beautiful, Aside from the Canary Island Wine / Jean Thévenot

Greater Freedom in Smyrna than Anywhere Else / Jean-Baptiste Tavernier

They took the pediment of the Temple of Apollo out / Robert de Dreux

Everything was so Different than Our Way of Life / John Covel

If we Tell about this City as much as we know, It would be a Hardcover Book / Evliya Çelebi

One of the Most Famous Cities for Horse Breeding / Jean Chardin

The Stones of the Amphitheater were taken to be used in their Buildings / Thomas Smith

Many Pillar Fragments. Temples and Cloisters can be seen Here / Antoine Galland

Smyrna was not a City that gave us any Boredom at All / Jacob Spon

Europeans Dress according to their own taste / Cornelis de Bruyn

Two Corinthian Columns at the Entrance are so Ornate / Olfert Dapper

The City on One Side and the Castle on the Other / Edmund D. Chishull

This City actually deserves to be Called New Smyrna / Aubry de La Motraye

The Most Beautiful Gateway to the East / Joseph Pitton de Tournefort

Possible to see not half of its Glory, but only its Shadow / Angelicus Maria Myller

The Manuscripts written on Parchment Paper to be very good for their Time / Richard Pococke

The Water is Delicious that one can Drink even if He is not Thirsty / Stephan Shultz

Christians, Jews and Muslims Live together in Smyrna / Christoph Wilhelm Lüdeke

All kinds of Food is in Abundance Here / Richard Chandler

The Wealth and Magnificence created by great Commercial Activities / Count Choiseul-Gouffier

City has been able to Maintain its existence as Prosperous for a Long Time / James Dallaway

Trade and Profit are at the Center of Life Here / Ulrich Jasper Seetzen

To speak frankly, Here is Another Paris / François René de Chateaubriand

These Ships of the Desert, variously loaded, were moving slowly to Their Port / Lord George Gordon Byron

I heard the crackling Sounds, and noticed that the Ceiling was Shaking as well / Otto Magnus von Stackelberg

For a Foreigner, it is impossible not to Admire the Vastness of these Bazaars / Joseph-Michel Tancoigne

Oleander Trees contribute to the Beauty of the City / William Turner

The Market of Asia, Africa and Europe / Louis Félix-Auguste-Beaujour

A much better Zoning Status than Istanbul / Otto Friedrich von Richter

The entrepreneurial Spirit enlivens life Here and brings People Closer Count Auguste de Forbin

Much richer and more prosperous City than Pagan and Christian predecessors / Robert Walsh

Residents are informed about Europe via the Magazines / Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell

The Airy Halls, furnished with Sofas on both Sides / Leon de Laborde

This City proudly bears the name "Little Pera of the Levant" / Charles MacFarlane

A Leading Orientalist Painter / Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps

The Paris of the East, Smyrna is the New Paris / Joseph François Michaud

Smyrna Carnival is a Joyful Event, People come together with the same Enthusiasm / James Ellsworth de Kay

I saw the First and only Palm Tree in this Whole Region / Ernst Christoph Döbel

Hundred of Camels coming or going in less than a quarter of an Hour / Count Joseph D'Estourmel

Europe has a very few Cities that are so European / Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine

The Streets of the Turkish Quarter are like a Labyrinth, Amazing Place for Artists / Francis Hervé

Commercial Relations are established between Europe and Asia / Alexander William Kinglake

Much Religious Tolerance here in Symrna in any other Cities / Grenville Temple

Items such as Towels, Napkins and Bed-Quilts / Mathilde Pauline Nostitz-Rieneck

No Doubt we were Standing on an Old City / William John Hamilton

A Year without Fire and Earthquake Disasters / Charles Felix Marie Texier

A Camel Caravan loaded with Wood, Cotton and Dried Figs / Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert

The Extraordinarily Delicious Mulberries and Grapes are so Plentiful / Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke

A Scientific Expedition for Geological Research / Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov

Peace with Their Customs, Habits and Dresses / Charles Fellows

It would be good if the Reformer Sultan started his Reforms from the Roads / Von Pückler-Muskau

The Homeland of Fairytales / Hans Christian Andersen

A Levantine Missionary Who spoke Turkish / Henry John van Lennep

The Best Times are the Vintage Time / Horace Vernet & Goupil-Fesquet

I have Never come Across such Rich and Beautiful Plant Community / Ida Laura Pfeiffer

This Bridge is the Entrance Gate / Alexis de Valon

Documentary Quality Images / Etienne Rey

A Delightful Garden with a full View of the Vast Bay / Gérard de Nerval

Everyone Dresses the Same, it is Impossible to Distinguish the Rich from the Poor / Sir David Wilkie

In this Cramped Space, all the People are in Close Touch / Maxime du Camp

The Brain of Asia / Ludwig Ross

Some very Striking Places have been either only little Studied or never Visited / Pierre de Tchihatchef

We spent in the Sunny, Lively and Beautiful Bazar / Albert Richard Smith

Every possible Shade of Yellow, then Pink and Red. Oh my God! / Gustave Flaubert

Camels are Famous for their Strength and Beauty / Georg Heinrich Theodor Fliedner

The Beautiful Crown of Ionia, the Ornament of Asia / Henry Christmast (Noel-Fearn)

Many Ancient Ruins were found during the Construction of this Road / Charles Thomas Newton

Archaeology and Architectural Drawings / Eugène Flandin

The Shape of the Mountains is Truly Extraordinary / George William Frederick Howard

A Monastery from the Outside, but a Tent from the Inside / Luigi Storari

A lithograph of Smyrna: a Caravan of Camels / Joseph Schranz

Seems to be the Most Extraordinary Sight Imaginable / Elizabeth Emelia Bithynia Hornby

Asian Lands are Fresh and Smiling in the small Hours of the Morning / Théophile Gautier

The Muslim Cemetery, Under the Shadow of Black Cypresses / Julius Hermann Moritz Busch

The City Stretched out towards the Two Mountains on which it was Leaning / Conrad Gideon Theodor Schuchardt

Izmir - Kasaba Railway Station, which Started Operating Recently / Peter Mateev

The True Crown of Life in terms of Trade / Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Cleanliness, Advanced Trade and Freedom of the Christian Population / Mihail Macarov

The Cities of this Region became Bright Centers by turns even in the Antiquity / Karl Ritter von Scherzer

The Ornament of Western Anatolia / Edwin John Davis

The Pearl of the Ionian / Amand Schweiger Lerchenfeld

The Carpets Here were much Better Quality and much Cheaper / Baroness Anna (Annie) Brassey

Flags of almost every Nation of the World / Frederick Gustavus Burnaby

A Stone Pier stretched out in the Harbor / Samuel Sullivan Cox

Promenade in the City and a Caravanserai / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Time of the One Thousand and One Nights is over / Hans Barth

In Winter, the Ladies spend most of their Time at the "Tandoori" / Lucy Mary Jane Garnett

The East and the West Living Side by Side / Paul von Lindau

Furniture of precious Fabrics, expensive Carpets, Paintings and Lithographs / Rudolf von Lindau

The Noise of the Bazaar in the Distance was Spreading like Music / Alfred Kerr

Acknowledgments

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-392) and index.

ISBN:

9789730368468

9730368465

OCLC:

1372184142