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A Greek woman from the Peloponnese, having arrived to Rīga, Latvia, in 1785, begging for money to ransom the release of her family from turkish captivity. Provided by the owner of @Aistija

The Largest Extant Minoan Gold Earring, C. 1850-1550 BC From the Aigina Treasure, decorated with hounds, monkeys, birds and carnelian.

The mosaic of Thmuis (ancient Mendes), Egypt, made by Hellenic artist Sophilos in about 200 BC.

Minoan "Master of the animals" gold pendant, 18th century BC.

Georgios Miniatis, Women from Souli,  (1864-1900)

The Dance of Zalongo The Dance of Zalongo refers to the mass suicide of Greek women from Souli and their children during that occurred in the aftermatch of an invasion of Ottoman troops on December 16, 1803. The event is commemorated in Greece in the context of the Greek War of Independence. A number of 60 women were trapped near the village of Zalongo in Epirus, modern Greece, then Ottoman Empire and decided to turn towards the cliff's edge and die with their infants and children rather to submit to the Ottoman troops chasing them. According to tradition they did this one after the other while dancing and singing. Painting: Les Femmes Souliotes by Ary Scheffer (1795-1858).

Greek-Cypriot women wearing traditional costumes.

🔴 For those who don't understand the Cyprus issue and believe that the Turks living there were actual part of the population, this map is a reminder of how these few settlers and their paramilitary groups such as TMT culminated in the invasion and occupation of Cyprus by Turkey in 1974 and lasts to this day. 👉 Previous post (1/2) about EOKA, an organization who fought the british but were used as a scapegoat by Turkey to invade Cyprus claiming it was persecuting Turks while TMT helped the British and tried to create division between the two communities with Turkish propaganda 👉 Second EOKA post /GBG/ 🗂

A young Greek-Cypriot woman.

Georgios Karaiskakis' (Greek General during the Greek Revolution), answer to Mehmet Resit Pasha asking him to surrender. Held at the Museum of Art and Technology of Epirus. The translation of the letter: Keratsini 20 April 1827 To Mehmet Resit Pasha From Athens, "Fuck you and your faith and Mohamed. What did you think, you cuckolds.. you should be ashamed to ask us sign a treaty with such a shitty Sultan Mahmud. I shit on him and your vezir and that Jew silihtar Boda, the whore. If I survive I will fuck you up. If I die, you can fart on my nuts." * General Georgios Karaiskakis *(Greek idiom that means I don't care) Note: His vocabulary is obscene. It was however the language the Greek revolutionaries used on a daily basis in the first 25 years of the 19th century, in a poor but also revolutionary Greece. This letter shows the way of thinking of a genuine representative of the generation of Greek revolutionaries of 1821, but also the anti-Turkish sentiment at the time.

Χρόνια πολλά σε όλους τους Έλληνες απανταχού της γης. Ζήτω οι αθάνατοι Ήρωες του 1821, Ζήτω η αιωνία Ελλάς 🇬🇷👑

Each year on March 25, Greeks celebrate the Greek Independence Day. Today marks the 201th anniversary of the Greek war of Independence. This is when Greeks remember their long struggle against the Turks, an effort that led to Greece’s independence. Today, in fact, marks the beginning of the Greek War of Independence, not the end. So, let's honour the Greek heroes who fought and died for our freedom and remember that no enemy will bend us. Long live Hellas! Glory to our homeland! Freedom or Death!🇬🇷❤️ Painting: The Defense of the Homeland above All Else, 1858, Theodoros Vryzakis