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Athanasios Diakos
Athanasios Diakos ( : 1788 – 24 April 1821) was a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence, considered a venerable national hero in Greece.
Early life.
Athanasios Diakos was born Athanasios Nikolaos Massavetas in Phocis, in the village of Ano Mousounitsa, or according to other sources in nearby Artotina. The grandson of a local outlaw, or klepht, he was drawn to religion from an early age and was sent away by his parents to the Monastery of St. John The Baptist ()
Diakos
Diakos (Greek: Διάκος) may refer to several Greek revolutionary heroes:
- Athanasios Diakos, Greek revolutionary leader
- Dionysis Diakos, Greek revolutionary leader
- Ioannis Diakos, Greek revolutionary leader
- Athanasios Diakos, Greece, a mountain village in Phocis, named after the Greek revolutionary leader
See also.
- Diakou, Patras