CHRISTOPOULOS, ATHANASIOS Greek poet, was born at Castoria in Macedonia. He studied at Buda and Padua, and became teacher of the children of the Vlach prince Mourousi. After the fall of Mourousi in 181 i he was employed by Prince Caradja, hospodar of Moldavia and Walachia, in drawing up a code of laws for that country. On the removal of Caradja, he retired into private life and devoted himself to literature. He wrote drinking songs and love ditties which are very popular among the Greeks. He also wrote Politika Parallels (a compari son of various systems of government), translations of Homer and Herodotus, a tragedy and some philological works on the connec tion between ancient and modern Greek.
His Hellenika Archaiologemaia (Athens, 18J3) contains an account of his life.