Kosmas Thesprotos or Kosmas o Thesprotos ( Kosmas the Thesprotian, 1780[;]–1852) was a GreekΚοσμάς Θεσπρωτός . Κάτοπτρο Ελληνικής Επιστήμης και Φιλοσοφίας. scholar, priest and theologian.
Life Kosmas was born as Kyritsis Kotras () in the village of Jorgucat (Gr. Georgutsates, Γεωργουτσάτες),Encyclopedia Papyros-Larousse (in Greek), article Θεσπρωτός Κοσμάς. Dropull region in modern southern Albania, then Ottoman Empire. In 1805 he became a priest and changed his name to Kosmas. The following years he became a student of Athanasios Psalidas, a major figure of the modern Greek Enlightenment and graduated from the Kaplaneios School of Ioannina at 1815. He taught in several schools in Epirus region and after the successful Greek War of Independence (1821–1830) he moved to Athens were continued his educational activity. He died in Karpenisi, at 1852.Kosmas Thesprotos culture.ana.gr.
Works One of his famous works was the Γεωγραφία Αλβανίας και Ηπείρου (Geography of Albania and Epirus), based on the teachings of his teacher Psalidas. It was composed around 1833.Papacharissis Athanasios, Introduction and notes in the edition of "Geography of Albania and Epirus" by K. Thesprotos and Ath. Psalidas. Epirotic Studies Society, 2nd edition, Ioannina 1964, pp. 15-20. In Greek. It is a geographical treatise which describes geographically Albania and Epirus.Dean J. Kostantaras. Infamy and revolt: the rise of the national problem in early modern Greek thought. East European Monographs, 2006, , p. 60 Kosmas in this work adopted the notion of Psalidas that placed the geographical border between Epirus and Albania along the river Vjose (Aoos). This work was completed after his graduation from the Kaplaneios, when he worked as a teacher in various Greek schools in Epirus.A.C. Papacharisis, 1964, Balkan studies: biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies., Vol. 5-6, 1964, p. 413 He also wrote the following works:
Γεωγραφία Αλβανίας και Ηπείρου (Geography of Albania and Epirus) Εγχειρίδιο φιλοσοφίας (Manual of Philosophy) Ποιημάτιον (Poem). Cosmas Thesprotos, La complainte d’Ali Pacha. Éd. critique avec trad. et glossaire par Yvon Tarabout. Publications Langues’O, Paris 1983.
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Further reading Kosmas Thesprotos in openarchives.gr