Rigas Feraios

This article is about Greek writer and revolutionary. For other uses, see Rigas Feraios (disambiguation).
Rigas Feraios
Rigas Feraios. Portrait by
Andreas Kriezis (Benaki Museum, Athens)
Born1757
Feres (Velestino), Ottoman Empire
(now Greece)
Died24 June 1798(1798-06-24) (aged 40–41)
Belgrade, Sanjak of Smederevo, Ottoman Empire
(now Serbia)
EraAge of Enlightenment
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolModern Greek Enlightenment
Main interests
Popular sovereignty, civil liberties, constitutional state, freedom of religion, civic nationalism
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Rigas Feraios (Greek: Ρήγας Φεραίος pronounced [ˈriɣas fɛˈrɛɔs], sometimes Rhegas Pheraeos; Aromanian: Riga Fereu[1]) or Velestinlis (Βελεστινλής pronounced [vɛlɛstinˈlis], also transliterated Velestinles); 1757 – 24 June 1798), born as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis (Greek: Αντώνιος Ρήγας Βελεστινλής),[2] 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.

  1. ^ Caracota, Nicolas (October–December 2009). "Di iu, di cându, di cari?". Fârshârotu (in Aromanian). Vol. 6, no. 30. p. 3.
  2. ^ Ρήγας Βελεστινλής