Klephts (/klɛfts/; Greek κλέφτης, kléftis, pl. κλέφτες, kléftes, which means "thieves" and perhaps originally meant just "brigand") were highwaymen turned...
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Athanasios Diakos (section Klepht and Armatolos)
either "Grammatikos" or "Massavetas". The grandson of a local outlaw, or klepht, he was drawn to religion from an early age and was sent away by his parents...
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Ottoman Empire. The son of a klepht leader who fought the Ottomans during the Orlov revolt, Kolokotronis also operated as a klepht and an armatolos early in...
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Antonis Katsantonis (section Klepht)
Antonis Makriyannis (Greek: Αντώνης Μακρυγιάννης), was a notable Greek klepht who lived in the era before the Greek War of Independence. According to...
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Zacharias Barbitsiotis (redirect from Zacharias (klepht))
a Greek klepht in the Peloponnese during the last decades of Ottoman rule over Greece. He is described by Kyriakos Kassis as the best klepht of Taygetus...
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composed of Greeks who were either former klephts or village stalwarts who had taken up arms against the klephts in the defense of their district. The Greek...
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Kolokotronis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κολοκοτρώνης, c. 1745-1780) was a notable Greek klepht leader in the third quarter of the 18th century in the Peloponnese, and...
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Eteria, Armatoloi, Spinalonga, Greek Civil Wars of 1824–1825, Gramvousa, Klepht, Aegean Anti-Piracy Operation. General Books. ISBN 978-1156773772. "Which...
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Dimitrios Panourgias (section Klepht and Armatolos)
Ali Pasha, but quickly abandoned his position and turned himself into a klepht. In 1816, however he rejoined Ali Pasha and was once more appointed as an...
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Ali Pasha of Ioannina (section Ali and the Klephts)
Pindus mountains, where klephts such as Antonis Katsantonis operated. Although Russian propaganda had begun influencing the klephts and armatoloi, the ideals...
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Kara Michalis in 1489. The action of the klephts in Olympus led the Turks to visit their outrage on the klephts' ally-village of Milia (in the late 17th...
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a Greek klepht and an armatolos from Pieria. Born in Ryakia, Diamantis Nikolaou Olympian was the eldest son of the great armatolos and klepht Raideniotis...
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remained in turmoil from then on and throughout the 17th century, as bands of klephts multiplied. The first great uprising was the Russian-sponsored Orlov Revolt...
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professional wrestler Mini Máximo (born 1989) Zacharias (klepht), (1759–1804), Greek klepht Zakarias, pen-name of Finnish writer Adéle Weman (1844-1936)...
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population from the plains to the mountains. This occasioned the rise of the klephts, armed brigands and rebels, in the mountains, as well as the corresponding...
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Opus (Eric Prydz album) (redirect from Klepht (song))
(featuring The Cut) Neil Ormandy 4:42 7. "Floj" 7:45 8. "Trubble" 7:48 9. "Klepht" 6:08 10. "Eclipse" 5:58 11. "Sunset at Café Mambo" 6:30 12. "Breathe"...
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Old West gunfighters Hajduk Highwayman Homo sacer Honghuzi ("red beards") Klepht Merchant raider Nazi hunter Nithing Ostracism Outlaw (stock character) Outlaw...
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Impalement (section Klephts and rebels in Greece)
turned guerrilla insurgents (known as klephts) became an increasing annoyance to the Ottoman government. Captured klephts were often impaled, as were peasants...
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Dimitrios Makris (Greek: Δημήτριος Μακρής, 1772–1841) was a Greek klepht and armatolos who was one of the most powerful chieftains in West Central Greece...
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regarding his birthplace.[citation needed] At a very early age he became a klepht in the service of Katsantonis, a famous local Agrafiote brigand captain...
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Male Totem. ISBN 978-1482069006. Nikoletseas, Michael. The Male Totem in Klepht Poetry: Parallels with the Iliad, 2014, ISBN 978-1500934729 Nikoletseas...
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she enjoyed swimming, fishing, riding on horseback, sailing and singing klepht songs. Her stepfather encouraged her interest in sailing beyond the accepted...
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of the Greek War of Independence. Born in Ithaca, the son of an Arvanite klepht and privateer from Roumeli and a Greek mother from a family of notables...
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Philhellenism in the 1820s, appearing in the widespread romantic iconography of klepht and armatole warriors of the Greek revolution. The Albanian traditional...
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their distinctive uniform, which evolved from the clothes worn by the klephts who fought the Ottoman occupation of Greece. The most visible item of this...
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turmoil from then on and throughout the 17th century, as the bands of the klephts multiplied. The first great uprising was the Russian-sponsored Orlov Revolt...
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Central and Eastern Europe Betyárs, social bandits in the Kingdom of Hungary Klepht, anti-Ottoman insurgents in Greece and Cyprus Narcocorrido, Mexican music...
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traditional Evzone's uniform, which evolved from the clothes worn by the klephts in the Greek War of Independence. The most visible item of this uniform...
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1821-1833. E. M. Edmunds, trans. Originally printed as Kolokotrones: The Klepht and the Warrior. Sixty Years of Peril and Daring. An Autobiography. London...
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