Greek revolution inspired many artists, Greeks, Europeans and others. This thread will show some of their art

#GreekIndependenceDay #GreekRevolution #Greece1821 #Greece200years

Lets start with a Greek one, Theodoros Vryzakis and his painting The Grateful Hellas Left: The Legend of Hagia Lavra
Right: The Camp of Georgios Karaiskakis

Massacre of Chios 1822

Victor Hugo poem "L' enfant"
The Child

The Turks have been here. All is bleak, in ruin.
Chios, isle of wines, is now a darkened reef
Chios, cradled by green branches,
Chios, where curling waves mirror soft hills, forests, palaces, and, on certain nights⬇️

https://twitter.com/Nicolas98869551/status/1374829781771026436

dancing choirs of young girls

All is desert. But no, near a blackened wall sits a Greek child, a blue-eyed boy, alone and bending his head in shame.

For safety, for support, he has but a
single wrecked hawthorn bush, forgotten like him in this forgotten, wasted corner.

1️⃣Thread: 28 October 1940 #Greece #Cyprus and Greek communities all over the world celebrate OXI Day (Ohi-NO day)the rejection by Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the Hellenic counterattack against the invading .. 2️⃣..Italian forces and the Greek Resistance during the Axis occupation.

This ultimatum was presented to Metaxas by the Italian ambassador to Greece, Emanuele Grazzi, shortly after 03:00 am which demanded Greece allow Axis forces to enter Greek territory and occupy..