 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakukoka kweMutungamiri weGirisi Eleftherios Venizelos akaendesa hurongwa musi wa20 Gumiguru 1919 hwekugadzirwa kweYunivhesiti nyowani muSmirna muAsia Minor, kuti inzi Ionian University yeSmirna. Muna 1920 Carathéodory akagadzwa kuva Dean weYunivhesiti uye akatora rutivi rukuru mukutanga sangano racho, achitenderera Europe kunotenga mabhuku nemidziyo. Yunivhesiti yacho zvisinei haina kutongobvuma vadzidzi nemhaka yeHondo muAsia Minoriyo yakaguma muMoto Mukuru weSmirna. Carathéodory akakwanisa kuponesa mabhuku aibva muraibhurari uye akaponeswa chete panguva yokupedzisira nomutori wenhau uyo akamutora nechikepe chechikepe kuenda kuchikepe chehondo cheNaxos chakanga chakamirira. Carathéodory akaunza kuAtene zvimwe zveraibhurari yeyunivhesiti ndokugara muAtene, achidzidzisa payunivhesiti nechikoro chezvemichina kutozosvikira muna 1924. 