Giorgakis Olympios

Giorgakis Olympios
A portrait of Giorgakis Olympios
National Historical Museum of Athens
Native name
Γιωργάκης Ολύμπιος
Iordache Olimpiotul
Born1772
Livadi, Sanjak of Eğriboz, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
Died1821 (aged 48–49)
Neamț, Danubian Principalities, Ottoman Empire (now Romania)
Allegiance Serbian revolutionaries
Filiki Etaireia
Battles / warsFirst Serbian Uprising
Greek War of Independence

Giorgakis Olympios (Greek: Γιωργάκης Ολύμπιος; Romanian: Iordache Olimpiotul; Serbian: Капетан Јоргаћ; 1772–1821) was an armatole and military commander during the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. Noted for his activities with the Filiki Eteria in the Danubian Principalities, he is considered to be a leading figure of the Greek Revolution.


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