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The “Destruction” of the Klephts of the Morea (1806) – How Theodoros Kolokotronis Escaped

The relentless persecution, arrests, and executions of hundreds of klephts – What Theodoros Kolokotronis, who escaped the “destruction,” writes, as well as the accounts of the British travelers Leake and Dodwell, who witnessed the events up close

Phoebus Delivorias: “Theodoros Kolokotronis gave my surname to my great-grandfather”

"He was a postman, and Kolokotronis used to say, 'You run like Delivorias,'" he mentioned

A rare document signed by Theodoros Kolokotronis to go up for auction (photo)

The document is a pledge by the Peloponnesian Senate Elders to leave their differences aside and fight for the motherland