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It is a fact that the completion of two centuries since the outbreak of the Greek Revolution, sharply increased the interest of the reading public in studies and readings about the period of 1821. Hundreds of books were published with noteworthy analyzes of many modern experts on the phenomenon of preparation, birth and of the legacy of the Struggle, as well as several reprints of memoirs of the heroes of the time, but also works of the first Historians of the Greek state, from the second half of the 19th century onwards. Nevertheless, the picture we have of the circulation of ideas, through texts that essentially coincide with the beginning of the Revolution, is probably quite blurry.

Two hundred years later, the Lux Orbis series by iWrite publishers, in collaboration with the Public Historical Library of Andritsaina, brings to light a real spiritual treasure. The re-release of the third issue of the magazine "Melissa" (published in 1821 in Paris), functions as a first-class editorial time capsule, conveying to the reader the thoughts and aspirations of the Greek Enlighteners of the time, with Constantine Agathofron Nikolopoulos prominent.

These authentic records of the radical Greek thinkers of the 21st century, who were inspired by the ideas of Adamantios Korais, come today to greatly change the image that many modern Greeks have of a number of issues, among which the attitude of the highest hierarchy of the Church towards the enlightenment and liberation of the enslaved Nation.