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'''Odysseus Androutsos''' was a hero of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. He was born in [[Ithaca]] in [[1788]], however his family was from the village of [[Livadates]] in [[Phthiotis prefecture]]. His father was [[Andreas Androutsos]], a [[klepht]].

After losing his father, Androutsos joined the Albanian army of [[Ali Pasha]] and became an officer, however, in [[1818]] he joined the Friendly Society ([[Filiki Etairia]]) which was planning the liberation of [[Greece]] from the Ottoman Empire.

== The [[War of Independence]] ==
In May [[1821]], [[Omer Vryoni]], the commander of the Turkish army, advanced with 8,000 men, after crushing the resistance of the Greeks at the river of Alamana ([[Spercheios]]) and putting [[Athanasios Diakos]] to death, heading south into [[Peloponnesus]] to crush the Greek uprising. Odysseus Androutsos with a band of 100 or so men took up a defensive position at an inn near Gravia, supported by [[Panourgias]] and [[Diovouniotis]] and their men. Vrioni attacked the inn but was repulsed with heavy casualties (over 400 dead). Finally, he was forced to ask for reinforcements and artillery but the Greeks managed to slip out before the reinforcements arrived.
Androutsos lost two men in the battle and earned the title of commander in chief of the Greek forces in Rumeli ([[Central Greece]]).

Androutsos' glory did not last long. In the following year, [[1822]], he was accused (probably with some justification) of being in contact with the Turks and was stripped of his command. Finally, in [[1825]], the revolutionary government placed him under arrest in a cave at the [[Acropolis]] in [[Athens]]. The new commander, [[Yiannis Gouras]], who once was Androutsos' second in command, had him executed on [[June 5]], [[1825]].

Androutsos was a controversial figure in his life. [[Yiannis Makriyiannis]], in his memoirs on the 1821 War of Independence both defends him (in the beginning) and attacks him (later on). Androutsos had served Ali Pasha and at some point in his life may have espoused Islam. The accusations of the revolutionary government had some merit. However, had Androutsos not impeded Vrioni's progress at Gravia, the success of the war at its early stage would have been endangered.

[[Category:Greek War of Independence|Androutsos, Odysseus]]
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 == The [[War of Independence]] ==
-In May [[1821]], [[Omer Vryoni]], the commander of the Turkish army, advanced with 8,000 men, after crushing the resistance of the Greeks at the river of Alamana ([[Spercheios]]) and putting [[Athanasios Diakos]] to death, heading south into [[Peloponnesus]] to crush the Greek uprising. Odysseus Androutsos with a band of 100 or so men took up a defensive position at an inn near Gravia, supported by [[Panourgias Panourgias|Panourgias]] and [[Yiannis Diovouniotis|Diovouniotis]] and their men. Vrioni attacked the inn but was repulsed with heavy casualties (over 400 dead). Finally, he was forced to ask for reinforcements and artillery but the Greeks managed to slip out before the reinforcements arrived.
+In May [[1821]], [[Omer Vrioni]], the commander of the Turkish army, advanced with 8,000 men, after crushing the resistance of the Greeks at the river of Alamana ([[Spercheios]]) and putting [[Athanasios Diakos]] to death, heading south into [[Peloponnesus]] to crush the Greek uprising. Odysseus Androutsos with a band of 100 or so men took up a defensive position at an inn near Gravia, supported by [[Panourgias Panourgias|Panourgias]] and [[Yiannis Diovouniotis|Diovouniotis]] and their men. Vrioni attacked the inn but was repulsed with heavy casualties (over 400 dead). Finally, he was forced to ask for reinforcements and artillery but the Greeks managed to slip out before the reinforcements arrived.
 Androutsos lost two men in the battle and earned the title of commander in chief of the Greek forces in Rumeli ([[Central Greece]]).

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	'''Odysseus Androutsos''' was a hero of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. He was born in [[Ithaca]] in [[1788]], however his family was from the village of [[Livadates]] in [[Phthiotis prefecture]]. His father was [[Andreas Androutsos]], a [[klepht]].		'''Odysseus Androutsos''' was a hero of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. He was born in [[Ithaca]] in [[1788]], however his family was from the village of [[Livadates]] in [[Phthiotis prefecture]]. His father was [[Andreas Androutsos]], a [[klepht]].

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 == The [[War of Independence]] ==
-In May [[1821]], [[Omer Vryoni]], the commander of the Turkish army, advanced with 8,000 men, after crushing the resistance of the Greeks at the river of Alamana ([[Spercheios]]) and putting [[Athanasios Diakos]] to death, heading south into [[Peloponnesus]] to crush the Greek uprising. Odysseus Androutsos with a band of 100 or so men took up a defensive position at an inn near Gravia, supported by [[Panourtgias Panourgias|Panourgias]] and [[Yiannis Diovouniotis|Diovouniotis]] and their men. Vrioni attacked the inn but was repulsed with heavy casualties (over 400 dead). Finally, he was forced to ask for reinforcements and artillery but the Greeks managed to slip out before the reinforcements arrived.
+In May [[1821]], [[Omer Vryoni]], the commander of the Turkish army, advanced with 8,000 men, after crushing the resistance of the Greeks at the river of Alamana ([[Spercheios]]) and putting [[Athanasios Diakos]] to death, heading south into [[Peloponnesus]] to crush the Greek uprising. Odysseus Androutsos with a band of 100 or so men took up a defensive position at an inn near Gravia, supported by [[Panourgias Panourgias|Panourgias]] and [[Yiannis Diovouniotis|Diovouniotis]] and their men. Vrioni attacked the inn but was repulsed with heavy casualties (over 400 dead). Finally, he was forced to ask for reinforcements and artillery but the Greeks managed to slip out before the reinforcements arrived.
 Androutsos lost two men in the battle and earned the title of commander in chief of the Greek forces in Rumeli ([[Central Greece]]).

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 Androutsos was a controversial figure in his life. [[Yiannis Makriyiannis]], in his memoirs on the 1821 War of Independence both defends him (in the beginning) and attacks him (later on). Androutsos had served Ali Pasha and at some point in his life may have espoused Islam. The accusations of the revolutionary government had some merit. However, had Androutsos not impeded Vrioni's progress at Gravia, the success of the war at its early stage would have been endangered.
 [[Category:Greek War of Independence|Androutsos, Odysseus]]
 [[Category:1788 births|Androutsos, Odysseus]]
 [[Category:1825 deaths|Androutsos, Odysseus]]

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 '''Odysseus Androutsos''' was a hero of the Greek [[War of Independence]]. He was born in [[Ithaca]] in [[1788]], however his family was from the village of [[Livadates]] in [[Phthiotis prefecture]]. His father was [[Andreas Androutsos]], a [[klepht]].
-After losing his father, Androutsos joined the Albanian army of [[Ali Pasha]] and became an officer, however, in [[1818]] he joined the Friendly Society ([[Filiki Etairia]]) which was planning the liberation of [[Greece]] from the Ottoman Empire.
+After losing his father, Androutsos joined the Albanian army of [[Ali Pasha]] and became an officer, however, in [[1818]] he joined the Friendly Society ([[Filiki Eteria]]) which was planning the liberation of [[Greece]] from the Ottoman Empire.
 == The [[War of Independence]] ==