Theodoros Kolokotronis
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Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.
Portrait by Dionysios Tsokos (1861)
Imposing statue of Kolokotronis in Ramovouni, Messenia, his birthplace.
Lithography of Kolokotronis by Karl Krazeisen used for the 5000 drachma banknote
Kolokotronis after the Battle of Dervenakia.
Klepht
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Klephts were highwaymen 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 des
Theodoros Kolokotronis
…4 February] 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the 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 his life. While serving in the…
Dimitrios Makris, a Greek klepht chief of the 19th century.
Portrait of Odysseas Androutsos by Kozis Desyllas
Antonis Katsantonis (Greek klepht) by Theophilos Hatzimihail.