The Chronicle of Galaxidi
One of the most important, post-Byzantine texts on Greek history Precious historical source covering eight centuries, from the 10th to 18th C A.D. An admirable literary work and important testimony to the language of the time
The author of the Chronicle, the patriotic historian and monk Efthymios, who was neither a particularly good speller nor always accurate, narrates in an extraordinarily lively and poetic way about the sufferings and glories of the maritime town which is continuously being destroyed and restored. He describes invasions by the Bulgarians, Franks, corsairs, and pirates and also events during the time of Ottoman rule.
Photograph of K. N. Sathas in Venice in 1872.
Sathas (1821-1914) gave up medicine and became an important researcher and scholar of medieval and Byzantine manuscripts.
The Church after reconstruction
The ruined Church when the Chronicle was discovered
The Byzantine Μonastery of the Transfiguration of Christ the Saviour is situated on the mountain south-west of Galaxidi.
In 1864, the Galaxidi medical student, Konstantinos N. Sathas, discovered the manuscript of the C K. N. Sathas published the Chronicle for the first time in 1865, and since then other editions have followed.
The first edition and the subsequent editions