Вход свободен за "Прометей" от Панайотис Карусос в Софийската опера днес - offnews.bg

 Операта "Прометей" от Панайотис Карусос по мотиви на трагедията "Прикованият Прометей" представят днес Софийската опера и балет, клуб ЮНЕСКО Пирея и островите, клуб ЮНЕСКО “Леонардо да Винчи” София и и Федерация за адаптирана физическа активност на Балканите и черноморския регион (FAPA-BBS).

Началото е от 19 ч., а входът е свободен.

Режисьорът е Василис Асимакопулус, в ролята на Прометей е Василис Асимакопулус, бас. Зрителите ще се насладят още на изпълненията на Ирене Конста, сопран, Ставрула Менти, цигулка, Виктория Киазими, пиано.

Шедьовърът на Есхил „Прикованият Прометей” във вид на опера е най-успешната и популярна гръцка опера, постижение на човешкия ум, с дълбоки корени в традицията на гръцката трагедия. Световноизвестният Панайотис Карусос е най-значимият оперен композитор в историята на гръцката опера. Клуб ЮНЕСКО Пирея и островите ще представи на софийска сцена едни от най-талантливите оперни певци на Гърция.

Лирическата трагедия „Прикованият Прометей“ е първата гръцка опера, която жъне огромен успех на места като Сорбоната, „Плас дезар“ в Канада, Епидавър, Обединените нации.

В Монреал, Канада, Прометей е представен от баса Жозеф Рулу, а през 2008 гастролира в Ню Йорк и Вашингтон под диригентството на маестро Грант Гилмън. В Гърция Прометей е представян в Малък театър на античния Епидавър, Театъра на древен Месен, Музея на древната Агора, Античния театър на Саламин Еврипид, Националния археологически музей, Театър Векио, Международния фестивал Петра и др.

През март 2014, под патронажа на ЮНЕСКО, операта е представена в Ню Йорк, в зала „Куинс“, както и в Обединените нации. В главната роля Василис Асимакопулус. В Амфитеатър Ришельо на Сорбоната в Париж операта е поставена от Йоанис Маронитис, президент на Клуб ЮНЕСКО Пирея и островите, член на Изпълнителния съвет на световната федерация на клубовете асоциациите и ЮНЕСКО центровете за Европа и Северна Америка.

Под диригентството на Елефтериос Калканис операта е представена по трета програма на Гръцката национална радио-телевизия ERT в концертната зала на литературното общество „Парнасос“ в Стария парламентарен дом на Гърция. „Прикованият Прометей“ има уникална история в гръцката опера. Творбата изразява призива на бореца, който вдъхва надежда и смелост в свят на социален и морален упадък. Бунтовникът Прометей носи огъня на знанието и вселенското послание за съпротива срещу всякакъв вид тирания. В съвременния и размирен свят героят Прометей носи послание на надежда. Изисканата лиричност на Есхил и символиката на титана Прометей съчетани с вдъхновената музика на Панайотис Карусос пленяват емоциите на зрителите.

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Etymology of the name Dionysus

 

Plato KRATYLOS Cratylus (dialogue). Lesson K: Chapters 19th & 20th - Speaker George Lathyris-Ialyssos

Etymology of the name Dionysus = "Ο τε γαρ Διόνυσος είη αν ο διδούς τον οίνον." = The one who gives the wine… According to his book.

We also know from other reports that Dionysus is the mind of Zeus, the one who was given the scepter of the sixth kingdom, is the god of materiality and constant change, (the last of the gods), while Zeus remains in the etheric field .

But in order to understand what Socrates tells us about the etymology of this name, we must also understand what the word wine=oinos means, its etymology.

Etymology of the word wine, oinos = from the oionous, οίονους oiomai, οίομαι = which means I think, I consider. In short, the person who drinks thinks he has something he does not have.

(οίεται = he thinks = οίησης)

Ancient text:

"Οίνος δ ', ότι οίεσθαι νουν έχει ποιεί των πινόντων τους πολλους ούκ εχοντας"

So wine gives us the idea to think or consider that we have a "mind" or that we participate with our mind through intoxication.

Here we understand that Dionysus gives us the wine (the liquid element) and Dimitra (the food -as Mother).

The one who gives the wheat and through it the Bread.

(as we see in the other chapters)

Socrates mentions that Dionysus gives the liquid element, that is, the wine… and Demeter gives the bread.

Bread and Wine, here Socrates implies indirectly in the ancient Mysteries… (ancient ceremonies).

Epiphany of Dionysus mosaic, from the Villa of Dionysus (second century AD) in Dion, Greece, Archeological Museum of Dion

Dionysus triumph, a mosaic from the House of Poseidon, Zeugma Mosaic Museum

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Πλάτωνος ΚΡΑΤΥΛΟΣ Cratylus (dialogue). Μάθημα Κ : Κεφάλαια 19ον & 20ον – Εισηγητής Γιώργος Λαθύρης-Ιαλυσσός

Ετυμολογία της λέξης Διόνυσος = “Ό τε γαρ Διόνυσος είη άν ο διδούς τον οίνον.” = Αυτός που δίνει τον οίνο… Σύφφωνα με το βιβλίο του.

Ακόμα ξέρουμε και από άλλες αναφορές ότι ο Διόνυσος είναι ο νούς του Διός, σε αυτόν που δόθηκε το σκήπτρον της έκτης βασιλείας, είναι ο θεός της υλικότητας και της διαρκούς αλλαγής, (ο τελευταίος από τους θεούς), ενώ ο Ζεύς παραμένει στο αιθερικό πεδίο.

Για να καταλάβουμε όμως τι μας λεει ο Σωκράτης γηια την ετυμολογια του ονοματός του, θα πρέπει να καταλάβουμε και το τι σημαίνει η λέξη οίνος την ετυμολογία της.

Ετυμολογία της λέξης οίνος = απο το οίονους, οίομαι = που σημαίνει νομίζω, θεωρώ. Με λίγα λόγια ο άνθρωπος που πίνει νομίζει ότι έχει κάτι που δεν έχει.

(οίεται = νομίζει = οίησης)

Αρχαίο κείμενο:

“οίνος δ’, ότι οίεσθαι νουν έχεις ποιεί των πινόντων τους πολλούς ούκ έχοντας”

Άρα λοιπόν ο οίνος μας δίνει την ίδεα να θεωρούμε ότι έχουμε "νού" ή ότι μετέχουμε με το νού μας μέσο της μέθης.

Εδώ καταλαβαίνουμε ότι ο μεν Διόνυσος μας δίνει τον οίνο (το υγρό στοιχείο) και η μεν Δήμητρα (την τροφή ως Μητήρ).

Αυτή που δίνει τον σίτο και μέσω αυτού τον Άρτο, (όπως βλέπουμε στα άλλα κεφάλαια) ο Σωκράτης αναφέρει ότι ο Διόνυσος δίνει το υγρό στοιχείο δηλαδή τον οίνον… και η Δήμητρα τον άρτον.

Αρτος και Οίνος, εδω ο Σωκράτης υπαινίσσεται έμμεσα στα αρχαία Μυστήρια… (αρχαίες τελετές).

Μωσαϊκό των Θεοφανίων του Διονύσου, από τη Βίλα του Διονύσου (δεύτερος αιώνας μ.Χ.) στο Δίον, Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Δίου

Ο θρίαμβος του Διονύσου, ένα μωσαϊκό από τη Βουλή του Ποσειδώνα, το Μουσείο Μωσαϊκών Zeugma

Ancient Ellenic Civilization

“The Hellenic Revolution and its Effects on the American Abolitionist Movement ”

 I will be interviewed today on the GHCC/WHCR 90.3 FM- THE VOICE OF HARLEM Radio Program starting at 4 P.M. for about 45 minutes relating to EMBCA's upcoming “The Hellenic Revolution and its Effects on the American Abolitionist Movement ” Panel Discussion Webinar on Sunday, February 21 at 2 P.M. EST (11 A.M. PST, 9 P.M. Athens EEST). This event is to be held during and a part of Black History Month in February and an annual observance and officially recognized in the United States and Canada. -

On February 21 I will introduce , moderate and be part of the panel. The distinguished panel, in formation, will include Author/Poet Nicholas Alexiou, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Hellenic American Project at Queens College, Author/Historian/Poet/Editor/Activist Dan Georgakas the Director of the Greek American Studies Project at the Center for Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies at Queens College, and Author/Historian/Activist Herb Boyd, Professor of the Black Studies Program at the City College of New York, CUNY.

EMBCA event with Greeks and Serbs honoring our common hero, Rhigas Pheraios

American Philhellenism by 1821 when the Hellenic Revolution broke out, although derived from European origins became more than just a philosophical intellectual movement. It caught America by storm and referred to as the Greek Fever/ Greek Fire historically in the U.S.. It was influenced and inspired in part by America's contact with the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States but also from their missionary and commercial interests that led to its first military conflicts abroad relating to the Barbary Wars, America's first wars. Americans also knew the Hellenes as slaves in the East, and also as fellow warriors in America's first battle and victory on foreign soil in the Battle of Derma (1805). U.S. Marines and the Greek mercenaries who supported them inspired the U.S. Marines' Hymn line " To the shores of Tripoli..". When the Hellenic Revolution broke out, and through the effort of many throughout the United States, Greek Committees were formed rapidly to support the effort financially and in some cases Americans went to Greece to fight. They included for example George Jarvis, a New Yorker (known as "Kapetan Zervos"), Captain Jonathan P. Miller, of Vermont, (who adopted Loukas Miltiades Miller the first American of Hellenic origin to be elected to the U.S. Congress), Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe who became the Chief Surgeon of the Hellenic Navy, George Wilson of Providence, Rhode Island, James Williams, an African American from Baltimore who joined the Greek Navy forces and fought died and is buried in Argos, Greece and others. Many who fought in Greece and others who were members of the Greek Committees became and were serious abolitionists in America and significant opponents of American slavery and which included Samuel Gridley Howe (one of the Secret Six), Jonathan Miller among many. We will explore some of them in this discussion as well as Hellenes who came into the U.S. in some cases as orphans of the Revolution, such as John Zachos, who themselves became American abolitionists and fought in the U.S. Civil War.. We hope this panel discussion and conversation contributes to a wave of research and continuing discussions on this very important but not often, if ever, discussed topic.

This event and others we have had, and are being planned are part of EMBCA’s American Hellenic Revolution of 1821 Bicentennial Committee series of events focusing not only on the Revolution but also importantly on the American, Diaspora and International aspects and influences of the Revolution for its 200 Year Anniversary. Alexander Billinis

Ilias I. Katsos

EMBCA’s American Hellenic Revolution of 1821 Bicentennial Committee series of events

EMBCA’s Hellenic Revolution recent events we have had, and are being planned, are part of EMBCA’s American Hellenic Revolution of 1821 Bicentennial Committee series of events focusing not only on the Revolution but also importantly on the American, Diaspora and International aspects and influences of the Revolution.

We have had events around the Hellenic Revolution particularly in March for years. As such we have always and now more than ever encourage , support ,and will help all others who are having or planning events around this very important event in World History. No one owns the Hellenic people’s revolution except the people- Hellenes and Philhellenes alike.

UPCOMING EMBCA HELLENIC REVOLUTION EVENTS-

January 31 - “Hellenic Orphans Taken Abroad from 1821 through the 1960’s” Panel Discussion Webinar

February 21 - "The Hellenic Revolution and its Effect on the American Abolitionist Movement" Panel Discussion Webinar

February 28 - "Virtual Reality Training for High Risk Engagements From the Hellenic Revolution to Today’s Evolution" Panel Discussion Webinar

March 7 - "The Legacy of the Hellenic Diaspora in the Hellenic Revolution of 1821" Panel Discussion Webinar

March 14 - "The Hellenic Revolution and its Effects on the American Women's Suffrage Movement" Panel Discussion Webinar

March 28 - "Hellenic Energy Independence Forum - Part 2" Panel Discussion Webinar

April 11 - "The Effects of the Hellenic Revolution on Medicine, Health & Wellness in Greece, America, and Europe" Panel Discussion Webinar

RECENT PAST EMBCA HELLENIC REVOLUTION EVENTS-

"Hellenic/Philhellenic Women and Their Effect on the Hellenic Revolution" Panel Discussion Webinar

"Hellenic Dual Citizen Initiative on the 200th Anniversary of the Hellenic Revolution" Panel Discussion Webinar

"200th Anniversary of the Hellenic Revolution of 1821 and Hellenic Genealogy Tourism" Panel Discussion Webinar

"Epiros: Ali Pasha, Ioannina, Warrior Societies, and the Start of the Hellenic Revolution"

"Romioi , the Balkans and the Rigas Feraios Charta"

"Hellenic Revolution of 1821, and Early American Philhellenes Ushering the Abolition and Suffrage Movements" at Queens College

""We Are All Greeks" March, 25 1821 Hellenes and Philhellenes in the War of Independence""

"Ioannina: In the Court of Ali Pasha: Childe Harold Reconsidered"

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Theodoros Kolokotronis (April 3, 1770 - February 4, 1843)

 Theodoros Kolokotronis (April 3, 1770 - February 4, 1843)

Born in Messinia, South-West of the Peloponnese. Theodoros Kolokotronis was Field Marshal and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Greek Forces, during the Greek War of Independence of 1821.

He came from a long line of Greek Patriots. His father as well as 2 of his uncles, fought the Turks during the Orlov Revolt of 1770-71, which was a precursor to the Revolution of 1821.

Kolokotronis operated as a Kleft throughout the Peloponnese, constantly fighting the Turks and disrupting Turkish operations in the region. When the Turks caught wind of his activities, they issued death warrants. As a result, Kolokotronis fled to Zakynthos, which was then under the control of the British and he joined the Greek Army Corps of the British Army to fight against Napoleon, reaching the rank of Major by 1810.

Fighting in the Napoleonic Wars, opened Kolokotronis’ eyes to the future possibilities for the Greek people and nation. Generally, nations and peoples thought that Kings and Emperors were Gods on Earth and obeyed everything they did and did all that was asked of them. This change of mindset allowed Kolokotronis and later the rest of the Greeks, to believe that they could rule themselves.

By 1818, Kolokotronis was initiated into Filiki Eteria and he returned to the Peloponnese to prepare the groundwork for the Greek Revolution.

Kolokotronis participated in, led and won numerous battles against the Turks. He liberated various regions as well as removing Turkish authority in many places. He led the Siege of Tripolitsa in 1821, which was a seminal moment and marked an early and decisive victory for the Greek Revolutionaries over the Turks.

After Independence, Kolokotronis would become a great supporter of another Patriot, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greece’s 1st Modern Head of State.

After Kapodistrias’ assassination in 1831, Kolokotronis denounced the foreign appointment of the Bavarian Prince Otto as King of Greece. Because of this, Kolokotronis would later be charged with “treason” and sentenced to death. He would ultimately be pardoned, thanks in large part to the furious protestations of the Greek people.

In the twilight of his life, Kolokotronis learned to write & completed his memoirs, which have been translated into other languages. Kolokotronis's helmet, along with the rest of his weapons and armour are in the National Historical Museum of Greece in Athens.

Theodoros Kolokotronis was the Highest-Ranked and the most important Commander of the Greek War of Independence. He died on this day in 1843.

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Aristotle Onassis (January 20, 1906 - March 15, 1975)

 

Aristotle Onassis (January 20, 1906 - March 15, 1975)

From Smyrni, Ionia, Onassis was a Greek shipping magnate and a successful businessman, who amassed the world's largest privately owned shipping fleet and was one of the world's richest and most famous people.

Born into an affluent family in Smyrni, he attended & was one of the last graduates of the Greek School of Smyrni in 1922.

After several members of his family were slaughtered during the Greek Genocide (1914-1923), being carried out by the Turks throughout Asia Minor & Anatolia, he & his remaining family members fled to Greece.

By 1923 he had already left Greece and ended up in Argentina, first as a telephone operator, then an importer/exporter of tobacco and eventually, established his first shipping trading company in Buenos Aires.

After gaining his first fortune in Argentina, he expanded his shipping business worldwide and relocated to New York City, where he built up his shipping businesses empire, while keeping offices in Buenos Aires and Athens.

His private fleet of freighters and tankers eventually exceeded the fleets of most countries.

In the 1950’s he took over the struggling Greek National Airlines renaming it Olympic Airways. When told for legal reasons he couldn't use the Olympic Rings, he simply added a 6th.

Following the death of his son Alexander in 1973, he established the Onassis Foundation. Using the company’s profits and assets to create scholarship programs, build the Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre in Athens, it also established the Onassis Library for Hellenic & Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, paid for the renovation of the libraries of the National Archaeological Museum, the Byzantine & Christian Museum and the Benaki Museum all in Athens, as well as countless other endeavours centred on Greeks arts and culture.

He died on this day in 1975. 

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Eleftherios Venizelos (August 23, 1864 - March 18, 1936)

 Eleftherios Venizelos (August 23, 1864 - March 18, 1936)

Born in Chania, Crete, he was one of the most prominent & influential leaders of Modern Greece. He was a leader of the movement for Cretan independence from Turkish rule & Union with Greece, a firm believer in the concept of the Megali Idea & several times Prime minister of Greece.

He was Prime Minister at the outbreak of the Balkan Wars (1912-13), which saw a decisive Greek victory, the liberation of Epirus, Macedonia, the Islands of the North Aegean, as well as the official Union of Crete with Greece.

At the outbreak of WW1, promises were made to Venizelos by the Allied Powers, the British & the French, if Greece joined their side in the conflict. Disagreement between Venizelos and King Constantine who had German sympathies followed, leading to the National Schism in Greece and a series of crises. Forcing Venizelos to resign as Prime Minister in 1915.

This led to 2 Greek Governments by 1916, 1 centred in Athens led by the King and the other in Thessaloniki, headed by Venizelos. Clashes soon broke out in Athens between supporters of both groups, known as the Noemvriana.

Venizelos’ return as the legitimate Prime Minister of Greece in 1917, ensured Greece entered WW1 on the side of the allies, promises of the Union of Cyprus with Greece a major incentive.

Despite everything, Greece under Venizelos emerged victorious following WW1 & after the signing of the Treaty of Sevres (1920), it appeared Venizelos had achieved the Greek dream of the Megali Idea, Eastern Thrace, Ionia, as well as the islands of Imbros and Tenedos were back in Greek hands. Cyprus, The Dardanelles and Constantinople all appeared to be in sight.

But things were not all well. While in Paris, Venizelos survived an assassination attempt by royalists and on his return to Greece, Venizelos lost the elections of November 1920, kick-starting a series events which saw the loss of the gains at the Treaty of Sevres and the Asia Minor catastrophe (1922).

Following this debacle and tragedy for Greece, Venizelos was once again called on to represent Greece at the Treaty of Lausanne (1923). Venizelos became Prime Minister again in 1924, but disagreements and health issues saw him leave for Paris soon after.

In the elections of 1928, Venizelos was returned to power in Greece in a landslide, his 4-year term was characterised with the rapprochement towards neighbours Italy, Yugoslavia and disappointingly for a lot of his own supporters, Turkey, which was seen as a major reason for his defeat in the 1932 elections.

Following his election loss, there was a 2nd assassination attempt on Venizelos in 1933 which he survived.

Venizelos left Greece for the last time in 1935, heading to Paris again. In March of 1936 he suffered a stroke, dying on March 18th, with his body then transported to Chania, where he is buried. 

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Adamantios Korais (April 27, 1748 - April 6, 1833)

Adamantios Korais (April 27, 1748 - April 6, 1833)

From Smyrni in Ionia, he was an influential Greek scholar and an important figure in the Modern Greek Enlightenment age, the period immediately before the Greek Revolution of 1821.

After graduating from the Greek school of Smyrni, he left for further learning and studies throughout Europe.

The Age of Modern Greek Enlightenment, which Korais would go on to play a major role in, along with others such as Rigas Feraios, Theophilos Kairis, Evgenios Voulgaris, was financed via the wealth of the Greek merchant class, that provided the material basis for the intellectual revival that was the major feature of Greek life in the half century leading up to 1821.

It was not by chance that on the eve of the Greek War of Independence, some of the most important centres of Greek learning, schools, universities, were situated in places such as: Ioannina, Chios, Smyrni, Aivali, all major centres of Greek commerce.

One of Korais’ most significant accomplishments was his contribution to the redefining of the Greek language. The Greeks were dispersed so widely across the Ottoman Empire and Europe, he decided to purge the language of foreign elements: Turkish, but also Western words.

During Korais’ time, the Greek language question was already in discussion, the problem being that an accepted form of Modern Greek didn't exist, as in every different Greek region people were speaking different idioms.

Korais' vision led to the creation and adoption of Katharevousa (pure) by future scholars and the Greek state, which was a language based on the ecclesiastical language used by the Greek Orthodox Church, close to Koine Greek.

By 1821, he was too old to join the struggle. However, his house in Paris became a centre for information, meetings among the Parisian Greeks as well as financial aid. He also wrote many letters advising the revolutionaries.

He died in 1833.

Hellenic Patriotism

Lord Byron (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824)

 Lord Byron (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824)

Lord Byron was a Poet and later a British Politician who later became a leading figure in the literally movement known as - romanticism.

Byron was a renowned Philhellene and a bitter opponent of Lord Elgin after the latter’s theft and removal of the Parthenon marbles from #Greece.

After reaching Greece, Byron spent much of his own money and resources assisting the Greeks in their cause for freedom and felt so strongly that he himself joined the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.

On April 19, 1824 he died at the age of 36 in Messolonghi from a violent fever.

Lord Byron is revered as a Greek National Hero.

Hellenic Patriotism

Laskarina "Bouboulina" Pinotsi (May 11, 1771 - May 22, 1825)

 Laskarina "Bouboulina" Pinotsi (May 11, 1771 - May 22, 1825)

Bouboulina was a Heroine of the Greek War of Independence, reaching the rank of Captain in the Hellenic Navy and elevated to Admiral after her death.

She was born inside of a prison in Constantinople, as her mother was visiting her father, Stavrianos Pinotsis, who had been thrown in jail by the Turks following the failed Orlov Revolt of 1770.

Bouboulina is one of the most important figures of the Greek Revolution, having spent her entire fortune on weapons and ammunition as well transporting them and other important items in her own ships.

Her warship the "Agamemnon" was one of the largest ships in the whole Greek Fleet.

Bouboulina even assembled her own armed force made up of fighters from Spetses, once again using her own fortune to supply and feed them.

She was killed on this day in 1825 over a feud on the island of Spetses. 

Hellenic Patriotism

Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos

 Recently in Greece, a statue of the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos, was unveiled in Piraeus. He went down with the ship, so to speak in 1453 and is an important figure in Hellenic History.

Meanwhile in Ramovouni, Messinia, the home town of Theodoros Kolokotronis, his statue there was vandalised, by the well known virus that has plagued Greece for far too long, known as far left anti Greek anarchists. He is another great and important figure for all Greeks.

Many might be seeing the crazyness particularly in the West, where certain groups are trying to have monuments re-named or removed and they want to alter or re-write history.

We as Greeks are above that crap. Our history, culture and heritage are sacrosanct. Don't let the media or any alleged famous people or anybody else, try to diminish our heritage or pride regarding it, or to talk you out of or try to convince you other wise about Greece's history.

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Rigas Feraios (1757 - June 24, 1798)

 Rigas Feraios (1757 - June 24, 1798)

From Velestino in Thessaly, he was a Greek writer, political thinker and revolutionary, a leading figure in the age of Modern Greek Enlightenment and a pioneer of the movement for Greek Independence.

Upon learning about the French Revolution (1789), Feraios came to believe something similar could occur for the Greeks, which was, self-determination for the Christian subjects of the Ottoman Empire.

He wrote enthusiastic poems and books about Greek history, arousing the patriotic fervour of his Greek compatriots.

He was a staunch critic of the Ottoman occupation of Greece, especially the Ottomans policy of kidnapping children from their families on a mass scale, forcibly converting them to Islam and then indoctrinating them with hatred for their own country, people and culture and trained to fight against them in the future.

Soon enough, Feraios' activities would come to the attention of the Turks. After being betrayed, he was handed over to the Turks by the Austrians, who had arrested him in Trieste. The Austrians themselves feared Feraios, for his writings about Revolution, Liberation and Independence, which they believed could endanger the future of their own Empire.

He was taken to Belgrade where he was interrogated and tortured mercilessly. When it became apparent to the Turks that they had no hope of Feraios giving them any sort of information, they strangled him to death and dumped his body in the Danube River.

Rigas Feraios' last words are reported as being:
"I have sown a rich seed, the hour is coming when my country will reap its glorious fruits".

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