Athanasios Diakos

General

Athanasios Diakos
Αθανάσιος Διάκος
Portrait by Dionysios Tsokos
Native name
Αθανάσιος Νικόλαος Μασσαβέτας
Birth nameAthanasios Nikolaos Massavetas
Nickname(s)Diakos (Deacon)
Διάκος
Born1788 or 1791[1]
Ano Mousounitsa or Artotina, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died24 April 1821 (aged 30 or 33)
Lamia, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Allegiance Revolutionary Greece
Service / branch Hellenic Army
Years of service1821
RankGeneral (posthumously)
CommandsCommander of his armed band
Wars
MemorialsAthanasios Diakos (village)
and others
Other workMonk
Member of the Filiki Etaireia

Athanasios Nikolaos Massavetas or Grammatikos (Greek: Αθανάσιος Νικόλαος Μασσαβέτας-Γραμματικός; 1788 – 24 April 1821) also known as Athanasios Diakos (Greek: Αθανάσιος Διάκος) was a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence, considered a venerable national hero in Greece.

  1. ^ Bopis, Dimitris (2007). "Αθανάσιος Διάκος, ο πρώτος μάρτυρας του αγώνα" [Athanasios Diakos, the first martyr of the struggle]. Στρατιωτική Ιστορία ("Military History") (in Greek). Περισκόπιο ("Periskopio") (128): 11.