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When Potatoes Were Introduced to Greece

Greek Reporter 16 Apr 2024

Gippius Wikimedia Commons Public Domain. The introduction of potatoes to Greece by first Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias after the liberation from the Ottomans is a story rich in lore ... Painting by Dionysios Tsokos / Public Domain.

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April 10: Greece Honors Heroic Exodus of Missolonghi

Greek Reporter 10 Apr 2024

It was April 15, 1825, three years after the failed attempt to occupy Missolonghi, that the Ottoman armies returned to besiege the city that had become the seat of the Senate of Western Continental Greece ... Public Domain.

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On This Day in 1896 the First Modern Olympic Games Began in Athens

Greek Reporter 06 Apr 2024

Public Domain ... Public Domain. Greece had recently gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century and was eager to assert its newfound national identity on the world stage ... Public Domain ... Public Domain.

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Leaders of Greek Origin Who Governed Other Countries

Greek Reporter 05 Apr 2024

Public Domain ... NASA/Public Domain Evstrati Delarov ... Public Domain Mustapha Khaznadar ... A portrait of Devetlu Izmetlu Haseki Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan Büyük Valide Sultan, wife of Ottoman Sultan Bahti Ahmed I, Public Domain Kösem Sultan.

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The Balkan Wars in the Powder Keg of Europe

Greek Reporter 28 Mar 2024

Public Domain ... The Ottoman Empire lost almost all of its remaining European territories, including Macedonia, Albania, and parts of Thrace ... the countries still under Ottoman control, especially Albania.

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What Has Russia Ever Done For Greece?

Greek Reporter 26 Mar 2024

Russia had long been hostile to the Ottoman Empire, and their support of smaller revolts—some Greek, some among other Balkan communities—in Ottoman territory only exacerbated tensions between the two powers during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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The Chios Massacre: The Worst Atrocity Committed by the Ottomans

Greek Reporter 25 Mar 2024

Public Domain. The Chios massacre of 1822 was perhaps the worst atrocity committed by the Ottomans against Greeks during the Greek War of Independence ... They attacked the Ottomans, who retreated to the citadel ... Public Domain.

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March 25 Marks the Annunciation, A Feast for Orthodoxy and Hellenism

Greek Reporter 25 Mar 2024

Public Domain ... Public Domain. The Revolutionary fighters in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire chose the holy day of the Annunciation as the symbolic start of their struggle.

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March 25th Marks the Annunciation, a Feast for Orthodoxy and Hellenism

Greek Reporter 25 Mar 2024

Public Domain ... Public Domain. The revolutionary fighters in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire chose the holy day of the Annunciation as the symbolic start of their struggle.

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The History of the Greek War of Independence

Greek Reporter 24 Mar 2024

Those were times of bravery and battle, of blood and retaliation, rebels fighting against organized Ottoman armies, of total sacrifice and rebirth ... Public Domain Rigas Feraios, Filiki Eteria pioneers of Greek war of independence ... Public Domain.

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The Brutal Torture of Athanasios Diakos During the Greek War of Independence

Greek Reporter 23 Mar 2024

Alexandros Isaias / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons ... However, he was forced to flee the serenity of monastic life after an altercation with an Ottoman official and took up arms as a klepht (independence fighter).

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The Heroines of the Greek War of Independence

Greek Reporter 22 Mar 2024

Public Domain. The role that Greek women played in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire is not to be overlooked, as these heroines helped shape the course of Greece’s fight for freedom ... Public Domain ... Public Domain.

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Dionysios Solomos: The Greek Poet of Liberty

Greek Reporter 22 Mar 2024

Public domain ... Public Domain. Solomos wrote the hymn to honor the courageous struggle of the Greeks for independence after centuries of Ottoman rule. The poem recounts the misery of the Greeks under the Ottomans and their desperate hope for freedom ... ....

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Kalavryta: The First Greek Town Liberated From the Ottomans

Greek Reporter 21 Mar 2024

Kalavryta was the first Greek town liberated from the Ottomans. Public Domain ... Public Domain ... Four days later, the Ottomans succumbed and surrendered.

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How the Greek War of Independence Inspired Philhellenes Around the World

Greek Reporter 20 Mar 2024

Public Domain ... The Ottoman massacres of Greeks at Chios in 1822 inspired Eugène Delacroix’s famous painting “Massacre of Chios;” other philhellenic works by Delacroix were inspired by a number of Lord Byron’s poems.