Rigas Velestinlis
Also known as Rigas Feraios
Greek philosopher (1757-1798)
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- 1757
- Active to
- 1798
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10 objects attributed to Rigas Velestinlis, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Rigas Feraios (Greek: Ρήγας Φεραίος pronounced [ˈriɣas fɛˈrɛɔs], sometimes Rhegas Pheraeos; Aromanian: Riga Fereu) or Velestinlis (Βελεστινλής pronounced [vɛlɛstinˈlis], also transliterated Velestinles; 1757 – 24 June 1798), born as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis (Greek: Αντώνιος Ρήγας Βελεστινλής), was a Greek writer, political thinker and revolutionary, active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment. A victim of the Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a pioneer of the Greek War of Independence, Rigas Feraios is today remembered as a national hero in Greece.
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1757 births1798 deaths18th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire18th-century Greek educators18th-century Greek philosophers18th-century Greek poets18th-century Greek writers18th-century male writersAromanian people of the Greek War of IndependenceAromanians from the Ottoman EmpireAromanian writersAssassinated revolutionaries