Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-04-21
uISTORIC BATrLES AoUND.
Blood May Flow Again where
Caesar and Antony Wet.


A descriptive article in an ex.
change predicts that, if there be a
prolonged campaign in Epirus,
the towns OF Janina and Prevesa
will be important points. Within
the past twenty years the Turks
have built a road practicable for
artillery from Janina to Monastir
in Macedonia. Up to that time
there were no wheeled vehicles
in Epirus. There is another fair
road from JanIna to Prevesa, on
the Gulf of Arta, and here it is
said that the Turks have been
massing their strength.
Prsvesa is within sight # the
spot where the battle of Actium
was fought in Il. C. 81. Caesar
and Antony, as the reader will
remember, lay encamped on op-
posite sides of the mouth of the
gulf for several weeks, Antony be.
cause he could not screw up his
courage to order an attack, Caesar
because he knew that his oppo-
nent'S army was melting away
from disgust at his etfeminate
subservience to Cleopatra. When
the tug-of-war came the land
troops took no part in the fray.
but watched the sea fight until
Cleopatra and her infatuated lover
took fight. 1t is quite possible
that history may repeat itself
here, though if the Turks lose
control of the sea they may find
themselves bottled up. with hos
tile country behind them. West
ern Epirus is broken region,
with scanty supply Of water,
and quite impracticabio for
cavalry.
Midway between Janina and
Preyesa is the rock Of Suli, where
the Sulicts defended themselves
against the whole Turkish army
in Epirus for the space of ten
years, and when their fortress
was taken leaped from the cliff
into the abyss beneath. Such
memorable spots are inspiring,
and if the army of Constantine
should chance to encounter the |
enemy in the Valley of the
they will probably give |
. good account of themselves.
Desolate and empty as Epirus
and Thessaly now are, they have
history which goes back to the
period, and in which
;he most famous names in ancient
annals occur on many a page.
specimens of Cyclopean and
oelasgic masonry in moldy ruin
re found everywhere. At an age
Vhen Hellenic art was unborn
here was a civilization on these
.orthern mountain crsgs which
'as able to erect monuments only
econd to the Pyramids of Egypt.
{ was in the territory Of Janina
hat the oracular oak of Dodona
tood-the sacred tree which
Jlysses consulted and to which
lchilles prayed.
Through this pleasant region
owed "black Acheron," 30 smil-
1g river that Byron declared
If this be hell, shut close Ely
Ium for me- OF this country
'yrrhus, King of Epirus, was a
ller. Fragments of his build
lgs are still shown the traveller.
hilip of Macedon and his son,
lexander, lived over the way. To
each their home you must cross
10 Pindus, where the historic
ear still nips the stranger un-
ware.
If the Turks resist the aspira-
ons of the Greek people, other
laces not even recorded in guide
ook or gazetteer may become
@ss;o s.Ju : BIO. . y, "a
At. The Greek Constantine is
robably making history without
moving it. If he is lucky, he
ay record his name on the regis
+ of fame by the side of Marco
otzaris and Constantine Canaris.
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