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New Smyrna: An Eighteenth Century Odyssey

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The story of the Greeks from Asia Minor, who came to Florida long before there were migrations to America from Greece in the latter Nineteenth Century, is truly a tale worthy of Homer himself. For these spiritual ancestors from that place know even in the Revelation of Saint John, theirs was a fulfillment of the Lord’s recognition of their Christian forebears: “I know your deeds, your tribulation, and your poverty” (Revelation 2:9). For their journey from their homeland to New Smyrna was, as Homer says in the Odyssey, a story of “twists and turns” (Ὀδύσσεια, α.1).

From the Foreword by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America


Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 

p.  ix

A Preface from Archbishop Elpidophoros of America

p.  xiii

The Saint Photios Shrine 

p.  xv

Prologue 

p.  1

One: The Birth of New Smyrna 

p.  9

Notes 

p.  21

Two: Greeks Forsake the Blue Aegean 

p.  24

Notes 

p.  35

Three: Visions of the “New Atlantis” 

p.  40

Notes 

p.  50

Four: Disillusion and Revolt 

p.  54

Notes 

p.  64

Five: Fruitful Bondage 

p.  67

Notes 

p.  77

Six: Misery and Death Ravage the Frontier Swamp

p.  80

Notes 

p.  92

Seven: The Indians 

p.  94

Notes 

p.  103

Eight: Worshiping God in the Wilderness 

p.  104

Notes 

p.  111

Nine: The American Revolution at Florida’s Door 

p.  113

Notes 

p.  128

Ten: The Death of New Smyrna 

p.  129

Notes 

p.  152

Epilogue 

p.  155

Notes 

p.  189

Bibliography 

p.  195

Index 

p.  201

Picture Section

p.  172


Product Description

Paperback:

207 Pages

Publisher:

Holy Cross Orthodox Press

ISBN:

978-1-935317-70-8

Product Dimensions:

6 x 9 in

Author: 

Epaminodas P. Panagopoulos

Publication Year:

2023
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