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DIMITRIOS ROUMPOS
This is dedicated to Dimitrios Roumpos and his wife Vasiliki who were close friends of my father and mother Vasili and Kaliopi Adamis. A copy of the article may be downloaded by clicking on: DIMITRIOS ROUMPOS In a far flung village in Northern Laconia, called Foundeika, the bell tolled recently for one of its sons. A son…
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MY OLD MAN AND I
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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 free encyclopedia. A copy of the complete document may be downloaded by clicking on: PELLANA 2014 State: Laconia, Country: Greece, Population: 250, Coordinates 37°12′N 22°19′E, Time zone: EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) Pellana (Greek: ἡ Πέλλανα, Paus. iii. 20. 2; τὰ Πέλλανα, Strabo viii. p. 386; Πελλήνη, Xen. Hell. vii. 5.…
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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 gems of information that is relevant to the village and its surrounding environment. One of these were the Varoutios Family Tree Chronicles. The gentleman responsible were compiling the list knew full well the importance of…
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When being Greek is not a dirty word
Australian and Hellenic twin identities To download a copy click on: WHEN BEING GREEK IS NOT A DIRTY WORD Disconnected and Re-engagement. The following article is in response to all those who are currently finding being of Hellenic heritage a problem and are seeking methods of transport to a safe haven of cultural identity without having…
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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 the same place of assembly vaulted a cutout was discovered 1970 by the director at that time of the Ephorate G. Steinchauer. The large tholoi graves and the prehistoric remains on the Acropolis from Pellana…
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Maria Koulogianis
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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 insurgents, and warlike mountain-folk who lived in the countryside when Greece was a part of the Ottoman Empire. They were the descendants of Greeks who retreated into the mountains during the fifteenth century in order to avoid Ottoman oppression.[4] They carried…
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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 common-school education he studied medicine, and, a few months after receiving his diploma, became assistant surgeon in the 20th infantry. Photograph on the left is Elias Katsos depicted in a typical ‘klephte; outfit for the…
