title: Guardians of Hellenism
text: # Guardians of Hellenism
  
  The Guardians of Hellenism (Greek: Έλληνες Ακρίτες) is a series of albums featuring recordings of traditional Greek music by region, performed by the Hellenic Music Archives Ensemble.
  
  ## Albums
  
  Years of release are in parentheses
  
  * Vol. 1 (1998) - Chios, Mytilene, Samos, Ikaria
  * Vol. 2 (1998) - Lemnos, Samothrace, Imbros, Tenedos
  * Vol. 3 (1998) - Smyrna, Ionian Coast
  * Vol. 4 (1999) - Pontos, Cappadocia
  * Vol. 5 (2000) - Constantinople, Sea of Marmara, Bithynia
  * Vol. 6 (2000) - Thrace, Eastern Roumelia, Black Sea
  * Vol. 7 (2000) - Macedonia, Thassos
  * Vol. 8 (2000) - Epirus
  * Vol. 9 (2000) - Patmos, Kalymnos, Leros, Kos, Astypalea
  * Vol. 10 (2000) - Carpathos, Cassos, Castellorizo
  * Vol. 11 (2000) - Rhodes, Symi, Chalki, Tilos, Nisyros
  * Vol. 12 (2000) - Cyprus
  * Vol. 13 (2001)- Crete
  * Vol. 14 (2002)- Ionian Islands
  