Tellos Agras

Tellos Agras (Greek Τέλλος Άγρας, actually Sarandos ( Tellos ) Agapinos Σαράντος Αγαπηνός, born February 17, 1880 in Nafplio, † July 7, 1907 ) was a Greek officer of the Hellenic Army. He became known as guerrilla fighters in the battle for Macedonia.

Life

Agapinos ' family was wealthy and came from Gargaliani in Messinia. His father was a judge Andreas Agapinos in Nafplio. In 1895 Tellos Agapinos entered the Greek military academy ( Στρατιωτική Σχολή Ευελπίδων ), from which he graduated in 1901 as a lieutenant.

In 1904 after the death of Pavlos Melas is Agapinos reported how many young officers volunteered to fight for Macedonia, a guerrilla war against the Ottoman rule and against the Bulgarian competitors. Due to its age the application was initially rejected. In September 1906 he received fro the job, with twelve men, including some Evzonen from Thessaly to infiltrate Ottoman territory in the marshes of Giannitsa Lake. The goal was to gain control of the strategically important communications and trade routes Central Macedonia with terrorist means. He participated in the battle name Tellos Agras or Kapetan Agras.

Aftereffect

• The life of Tellos Agras was known in Greece in particular through the historical novel Sta mystika tou Valtou ( Στα μυστικά του βάλτου, in the mysteries of the Moores ') of Pinelopi Delta and popular. Published in 1992, Panos Theodoridis a radio play about Kapetan Agras.
• The village of Agra in Central Macedonia is named after Tellos Agras.
• The Greek writer Evangelos Ioannou ( Ευάγγελος Ιωάννου ) used the pseudonym Tellos Agras.