Efimeris

The Ephemeris (Greek Efimerís Ἐφημερίς "Newspaper ") was the oldest known Greek -language newspaper.

History

After Emperor Joseph II had 1783 printing of Greek- media allowed, the first edition of the Vienna newspaper Ephemeris .. was released in June 1784 She was the voice of the Greek enlightenment; after only eight issues the show after political pressure was adjusted. The Ephemeris supported the French Revolution and human rights. As of 1790, the newspaper reappeared.

The sultan exerted pressure on the Austrian authorities, and reached the final out of the newspaper and the arrest of the publisher George Markides Pouliou and Rigas Feraios.

Greece was henceforth supplied from the Ionian Islands with Greek-speaking newspapers until after the liberation of the country in 1824 Johann Jakob Meyer could print the first newspaper in Greece. The successor to the ephemeris were in Vienna to the newspapers The Telegraph Hellenic ( Ελληνικός Τηλέγραφος, 1812-1829 ) and The Scholar Times ( 1811-1821 ).