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- Klephts (/klɛfts/; Gr**** κλέφτης, kléftis, pl. κλέφτες, kléftes, which means "thieves" and perhaps originally meant just "brigand") were highwaymen turned...
- 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...
- either "Grammatikos" or "M****avetas". The grandson of a local outlaw, or klepht, he was drawn to religion from an early age and was sent away by his parents...
- a Gr**** klepht in the Peloponnese during the last decades of Ottoman rule over Greece. He is described by Kyriakos K****is as the best klepht of Taygetus...
- composed of Gr****s who were either former klephts or village stalwarts who had taken up arms against the klephts in the defense of their district. The Gr****...
- Antonis Makriyannis (Gr****: Αντώνης Μακρυγιάννης), was a notable Gr**** klepht who lived in the era before the Gr**** War of Independence. According to...
- Eteria, Armatoloi, Spinalonga, Gr**** Civil Wars of 1824–1825, Gramvousa, Klepht, Aegean Anti-Piracy Operation. General Books. ISBN 978-1156773772. "Which...
- Pindus mountains, where klephts such as Antonis Katsantonis operated. Although Russian propaganda had begun influencing the klephts and armatoloi, the ideals...
- Kolokotronis (Gr****: Κωνσταντίνος Κολοκοτρώνης, c. 1745-1780) was a notable Gr**** klepht leader in the third quarter of the 18th century in the Peloponnese, and...
- of the Gr**** War of Independence. Born in Ithaca, the son of an Arvanite klepht and privateer from Roumeli and a Gr**** mother from a family of notables...