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Greek writer, political thinker and revolutionary (1757–1798)

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Rigas Feraios (Greek: Ρήγας Φεραίοςpronounced[ˈriɣasfɛˈrɛɔs], 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.

Early life

Rigas Feraios was born in 1757 as Antonios Rigas Velestinlis^[2] into a wealthy family in the village of Velestino in the Sanjak of Tirhala, Ottoman Empire (moder