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'''Thanasis Vagias''' ({{lang-el|Θανάσης Βάγιας}}, 1765-1834) was an ]<ref>Sir Henry Holland: ''Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c: during the years 1812 and 1813''. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. Page 196. </ref> counselor and confident of ], the ruler of Ottoman ].<ref name=Woodhouse>{{cite book | author= Makriyannis, foreworded and edit by C. M. Woodhouse. xxii + 234 pp | title= The memoirs of General Makriyannis, 1797-1864 | publisher= Oxford University Press | year=1966 | editor= H. A. Lidderdale |url= http://books.google.gr/books?id=tycqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Epirot+Greek,+a+confidant+of+Ali+Pasha,+wrongly+thought+by+Makriyannis+to+be+a+betrayer+of+the+Greek+cause.+Returned+to+Greece+1829+and+given+Government+post+by+Capodistrias%22&dq=%22Epirot+Greek,+a+confidant+of+Ali+Pasha,+wrongly+thought+by+Makriyannis+to+be+a+betrayer+of+the+Greek+cause.+Returned+to+Greece+1829+and+given+Government+post+by+Capodistrias%22&lr=&as_brr=0&cd=1 | isbn= |page=234|quote= "VAYIAS, Thanasis, 1765-1834, Epirot Greek, a confidant of Ali Pasha, wrongly thought by Makriyannis to be a betrayer of the Greek cause. Returned to Greece 1829 and given Government post by Capodistrias" }}.</ref> Vagias' name had became notorious because, under Ali's service, he lead an attack against the village of Gardiq, near ], modern southern ]. As a result of this operation hunderds of men, women and children were killed.<ref >{{cite book | author= Constantine Santas | title= Aristotelis Valaoritis | publisher= Twayne Publishers| year=1976 | editor= H. A. Lidderdale |url= http://books.google.gr/books?lr=&cd=1&as_brr=0&id=6vA3AAAAIAAJ&dq=vayias%2Bgreek%2Bali&q=%22Thanasis+Vayias%2C+a+man+who+allegedly+led+the+hordes+of+Ali+Pasha+against+a+village+of+Epirus%2C+Gardiki%2C+resulting+in+the+massacre+of+seven+hundred+men%2C+women%2C+and+children%22#search_anchor| isbn= 9780805762464|page=67|quote= Thanasis Vayias, a man who allegedly led the hordes of Ali Pasha against a village of Epirus, Gardiki, resulting in the massacre of seven hundred men, women, and children.}}</ref> When the ] ended, Vagias moved to the newly founded ] and was given a government post and later aquired a pension, by the head of state of Greece, ].<ref name=Woodhouse/> | ||
| Vagias was wrongly regarded as traitor of the Greek cause by various historians and authors of that period, like ], ] and ].<ref name=Woodhouse/><ref>{{cite book | author= Dumas Alexandre | title= Aristotelis Valaoritis | publisher= ICON Group International, Inc. | year=1976 | editor= H. A. Lidderdale |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=knxUXAj6gKYC&pg=PA54&dq=%22athanasius+vaya%22&lr=&hl=el&cd=12#v=onepage&q=%22athanasius%20vaya%22&f=false| isbn= 9780497954659|page=53 |year=2008|quote= }}</ref><ref name=Pallis/> Valaoritis’ masterpiece was titled ''Thanasis Vagias'' after him. In this work Vagias is presented as a traitor, who after his death returns to his home place as a vampire.<ref name=Pallis>{{cite book | author= Pallis Alexander Anastasius | title= Τhe Ballad- Poetry of Modern Greece | publisher= Palis| year=1964 | editor= |url= http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/pallis_The_Ballad3.html|page=67|quote= }}</ref> Additionally one of the main characters of the Greek traditional ], ], is named Thanasis Vagias, who is a Greek that allies with the Turkish Pasha.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Karagkiozis | format=HTM | url=http://www.hellenica.de/Griechenland/Theater/GR/Karagkiozis.html | accessdate=2010-05-24|work=hellenica.de}}</ref> | Vagias was wrongly regarded as traitor of the Greek cause by various historians and authors of that period, like ], ] and ].<ref name=Woodhouse/><ref>{{cite book | author= Dumas Alexandre | title= Aristotelis Valaoritis | publisher= ICON Group International, Inc. | year=1976 | editor= H. A. Lidderdale |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=knxUXAj6gKYC&pg=PA54&dq=%22athanasius+vaya%22&lr=&hl=el&cd=12#v=onepage&q=%22athanasius%20vaya%22&f=false| isbn= 9780497954659|page=53 |year=2008|quote= }}</ref><ref name=Pallis/> Valaoritis’ masterpiece was titled ''Thanasis Vagias'' after him. In this work Vagias is presented as a traitor, who after his death returns to his home place as a vampire.<ref name=Pallis>{{cite book | author= Pallis Alexander Anastasius | title= Τhe Ballad- Poetry of Modern Greece | publisher= Palis| year=1964 | editor= |url= http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/pallis_The_Ballad3.html|page=67|quote= }}</ref> Additionally one of the main characters of the Greek traditional ], ], is named Thanasis Vagias, who is a Greek that allies with the Turkish Pasha.<ref>{{cite web | author= | title=Karagkiozis | format=HTM | url=http://www.hellenica.de/Griechenland/Theater/GR/Karagkiozis.html | accessdate=2010-05-24|work=hellenica.de}}</ref> | ||
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Thanasis Vagias (Template:Lang-el, 1765-1834) was an Albanian counselor and confident of Ali Pasha, the ruler of Ottoman Epirus. Vagias' name had became notorious because, under Ali's service, he lead an attack against the village of Gardiq, near Gjirokaster, modern southern Albania. As a result of this operation hunderds of men, women and children were killed. When the Greek War of Independence ended, Vagias moved to the newly founded Greek state and was given a government post and later aquired a pension, by the head of state of Greece, Ioannis Kapodistrias.
Vagias was wrongly regarded as traitor of the Greek cause by various historians and authors of that period, like Ioannis Makrygiannis, Aristotelis Valaoritis and Alexandre Dumas, père. Valaoritis’ masterpiece was titled Thanasis Vagias after him. In this work Vagias is presented as a traitor, who after his death returns to his home place as a vampire. Additionally one of the main characters of the Greek traditional shadow theatre, Karagiozis, is named Thanasis Vagias, who is a Greek that allies with the Turkish Pasha.
References
- Sir Henry Holland: Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &c: during the years 1812 and 1813. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815. Page 196.
- ^ Makriyannis, foreworded and edit by C. M. Woodhouse. xxii + 234 pp (1966). H. A. Lidderdale (ed.). The memoirs of General Makriyannis, 1797-1864. Oxford University Press. p. 234.
VAYIAS, Thanasis, 1765-1834, Epirot Greek, a confidant of Ali Pasha, wrongly thought by Makriyannis to be a betrayer of the Greek cause. Returned to Greece 1829 and given Government post by Capodistrias
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link). - Constantine Santas (1976). H. A. Lidderdale (ed.). Aristotelis Valaoritis. Twayne Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 9780805762464.
Thanasis Vayias, a man who allegedly led the hordes of Ali Pasha against a village of Epirus, Gardiki, resulting in the massacre of seven hundred men, women, and children.
- Dumas Alexandre (2008). H. A. Lidderdale (ed.). Aristotelis Valaoritis. ICON Group International, Inc. p. 53. ISBN 9780497954659.
- ^ Pallis Alexander Anastasius (1964). Τhe Ballad- Poetry of Modern Greece. Palis. p. 67.
- "Karagkiozis" (HTM). hellenica.de. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
External links
- Θανάσης Βάγιας (Greek) Thanasis Vagias, by A. Valaoritis.