General Yiannis Makriyiannis

“I had two remarkable statues, one of a woman and one of a king’s son, intact- the veins were visible, they were so perfect. When Poros was sacked, some soldiers had taken them, and they were going to sell them to some Europeans in Argos- they were asking for a thousand talara…I took the soldiers and spoke to them: Those, even if they were to give you ten thousand talara, you mustn’t accept that they be removed from our country. We fought for those” General Makriyianni, “Memoirs”
(translation: Eva Johanos)
«Είχα δυο αγάλματα περίφημα, μια γυναίκα κι ένα βασιλόπουλο, ατόφια – φαίνονταν οι φλέβες, τόση εντέλειαν είχαν. Όταν χάλασαν τον Πόρο, τα΄ χαν πάρει κάτι στρατιώτες, και στ΄ Άργος θα τα πουλούσαν κάτι Ευρωπαίων· χίλια τάλαρα γύρευαν… Πήρα τους στρατιώτες, τους μίλησα: Αυτά, και δέκα χιλιάδες τάλαρα να σας δώσουνε, να μην το καταδεχτείτε να βγουν από την πατρίδα μας. Γι΄ αυτά πολεμήσαμε»
Στρατηγού Μακρυγιάννη, “Απομνμονεύματα”

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