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Definition of Klephts
1. klepht [n] - See also: klepht
Lexicographical Neighbors of Klephts
Literary usage of Klephts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Greece: From Its Conquest by the Romans to the Present Time, B by George Finlay (1877)
"The Greeks make Robin Hoods, or demi-heroes, of their leading klephts ; they
magnify the ... The popular songs of the Greeks have given fame to the klephts, ..."
2. The Customs and Lore of Modern Greece by Rennell Rodd (1892)
"THE klephts AND ... of course, signifies robber, but the famous klephts of the
i8th century in Greece had nothing in common with the ordinary bandit, ..."
3. The Spirit of the East by David Urquhart (1839)
"klephts, PIRATES, AND SMUGGLERS. THE robbery here placed mo in a most awkward
position, ... against the armed klephts than against the peaceable monks. ..."
4. History of the Greek Revolution by George Finlay (1861)
"Even the klephts of the Morea, who were mere brigands, were not numerous until
after the social disorganisation caused by the Russian invasion and the ..."
5. Turkey by Edson Lyman Clark, Wilfred C. Lay (1898)
"... AND klephts—THE AGE OF PIRACY—VENETIAN CONQUEST OF THE MOREA. FOR a hundred
and fifty years after the conquest of Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire ..."
6. New Folklore Researches: Greek Folk Poesy by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett (1896)
"... the Turk wherever found, to strip bare every trav'ller, And wealthy captives
seize upon, to hold them fast to ransom. THE klephts AWAITING THE SPRING. ..."
7. The War of Greek Independence, 1821 to 1833 by Walter Alison Phillips (1897)
"... administration formed—Misery of the country—Tyranny of the klephts and Arma-
toli—Piracy in the ..."
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