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Asmodaios
	Front page of the first issue of Roides' satirical newspaper, Asmodaios (1875)
Type	Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)	Emmanouil Roïdis, Themos Anninos
Founded	17 January [O.S. 5 January] 1875
Political alignment	Satirical
Ceased publication	25 August [O.S. 6 September] 1885
Headquarters	Athens, Greece

Asmodaios (Greek: Ασμοδαίος) was a 19th-century Greek satirical newspaper published weekly in Athens.

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Asmodaios was founded in 1875 by the satirical writer Emmanouil Roïdis and the journalist and cartoonist Themos Anninos. This newspaper was published for a decade, from 1875 to 1885, with only a short break in July 1876.

The masthead featured a cartoon of the demon Asmodeus, playfully drawn as an archer and a combination of Cupid and Satyr.

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The paper was known for satire of a gentle, humorous sort without personal rancour, and Anninos' cartoons were widely recognised for their artistic quality. Contributors included Georgios Souris [el] and Anninos' brother Babis Anninos.^[1]^: 29 ^[2]

References edit

^ Merry, Bruce (2004). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Westport, CT, US: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313308136.
^ Mackridge, Peter (2009). Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766–1976. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921442-6.

[Merry2004-1] Merry, Bruce (2004). Encyclopedia of Modern Greek Literature. Westport, CT, US: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0313308136.

[Mackridge2009-2] Mackridge, Peter (2009). Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766–1976. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921442-6.

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