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| 50 Drachmas {50 Drahmes ~ 50 Δραχμές} [€0.15c] |
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 Ancient Greek Vessel {Arhaiko Elliniko Plio ~ Αρχαϊκό Ελληνικό Πλοίο} |
 HOMER {OMIROS ~ ΟΜΗΡΟΣ} The greatest poet of Ancient Greece and of all times in every respect. He was the writer of the two epic poems, "Iliad" {Ilias ~ Ιλιάς} and "Odyssey" {Odissia ~ Οδύσσεια}. |
 Greek Parliament {I Vouli Ton Ellinon ~ Η Βουλή Τών Ελλήνων} |
 DIMITRIOS KALERGIS {ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ ΚΑΛΕΡΓΗΣ} |
 Greek Parliament {I Vouli Ton Ellinon ~ Η Βουλή Τών Ελλήνων} |
 IOANNIS MAKRIGIANNIS (1797-1880) {ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ ΜΑΚΡΥΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ} [People] Army General of the 1821 Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule. |
 National Emblem {To Ethnosimo Tis Ellinikis Dimokratias ~ Το Εθνόσημο Της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας} |
 RIGAS FEREOS-VELESTINLIS (1757-1798) {ΡΗΓΑΣ ΦΕΡΑΙΟΣ-ΒΕΛΕΣΤΙΝΛΗΣ} [People] National martyr and forerunner of the 1821 Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule. He was an eminent pioneer of the Greek Enlightment and the writer of a great rousing poem called "Thourios" {Battle Song ~ Θούριος}, which is also known as "O Thourios Tou Riga" {Rigas' Battle Song ~ Ο Θούριος Του Ρήγα}. |
 National Emblem {To Ethnosimo Tis Ellinikis Dimokratias ~ Το Εθνόσημο Της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας} |
 DIONISIOS SOLOMOS (1798-1857) {ΔΙΟΝΥΣΙΟΣ ΣΟΛΩΜΟΣ} [People] [Georgios I] The Poet Laureate of Greece. In just one month, May of 1823, he wrote Greece's National Anthem, that is "Hymn To Liberty" {Imnos Is Tin Eleftherian ~ Ύμνος Εις Tην Ελευθερίαν} [The Hymn], which consists of 158 strophes. |
Source: Bank Of Greece 
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12-02-2003