March 25th 1821-Freedom or Death

Following countless uprisings, and rivers of Greek blood, the revolution of 1821 brought about the new, tiny Greek state.

These are two of my favorite heroes of the Greek Revolution.

Theodore Kolokotronis

Bouboulina
In their undying memory.







"Let those who feel
heavy the cupreous hand of fear
be under slavery;
freedom needs
virtue and mettle.

It (and the myth conceals mind of truth)
gave winds to Icarus
and even if he fell,
the one who had winds and drowned,
by sinking beneath the sea,

but he fell from high
and died as a free man.

If you become a dishonorable fatling
of an oppressor,
consider as horrible the grave."
Andreas Kalvos (1792-1869)
ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΛΑΔΑ-ΖΗΤΩ Η ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΙΑ