Peter Adamis 30 January 2017 Pellana is a tiny village located in the North of Lakonia Greece. It may not…

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Πελλανα 2014

Pellana from the South looking North towards Agios Konstandinos. Photograph by Arthur Roumeliotis. Updated 23 June 2014 – Wikipedia, the…

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Varoutsios Chronicles

Over the past 40 years of personal research into the village of Pellana, now and again I come across some…

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Archaeological place of assembly of Pellana.

In of 1926 two relatively small tholos graves were excavated by Th Karachalios on the place of assembly “Spelies”. On…

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Klephtes

Klephtes (Greek: κλέφτης, pl. κλέφτες – kleftis, kleftes, which means “thief” – and maybe originally meant just “brigand” were highwaymen that turned self-appointed armatoloi, anti-Ottoman…

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John Lee Comstock History of the Greek Revolution

John Lee Comstock, author, born in Lyme, Connecticut, in 1789; died in Hartford, Connecticut, 21 November, 1858. After receiving a…

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Major General Thomas Gordon

THOMAS GORDON. Major-General Thomas Gordon (1788 – 20 April 1841) was a British army officer and historian. He is remembered for his…

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The Polity of the Lacedaemonians according to Xenophon

I recall the astonishment with which I[1] first noted the unique position[2] of Sparta amongst the states of Hellas, the relatively sparse…

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The Lacedaemonian Constitution c. 340 BCE according to Aristotle

The Cretan constitution nearly resembles the Spartan, and in some few points is quite as good; but for the most…

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Pellana Administrative Centre of Prehistoric Laconia

Theodoros G. Spyropoulos Today Pellana is a small, humble village in northern Laconia, some 30 km from Sparta half way…

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Homes album of 2004

The home displayed to the left of the screen is commonly referred to as Rassias Castle. It has since been…

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Ancient Pellana

In memory of its author: Arthur Smirnios Died 2014 PREFACE Unique aim and objective of this effort are the description…