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Namesake
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Area Served
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Manto Mavrogenous (1796-1848). Heroine of the Greek War of Independence
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Mykonos
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Demetrios Vikelas (1835-1908). Writer.
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Syros
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Dionysios Solomos (1798-1857). Greek poet. Writer of the Hymn to Liberty.
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Zakynthos
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Markos Malliarakis (?-1824). Captain of the Greek War of Independence.
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Kasos
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Vitsentzos Kornaros (1553-1614). Author of Erotokritos.
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Sitia
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Agamemnon. Mythological king of Mycenae.
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Patras
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Nikos Kazantzakis (1883-1957). Author of Zorba the Greek.
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Heraklion
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Hephaestus. Ancient Greek god of fire and metallurgy.
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Lemnos
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Pyrrhus (379-272 BC). King of Epirus (307-272 BC).
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Ioannina
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Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776-1831). Governor of Greece (1828-1831).
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Corfu
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Democritus (c. 460-370 BC). Ancient Greek philosopher.
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Alexandroupoli
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Anna Pollatou (1983-2014). 2000 Olympic bronze medalist in rhythmic gymnastics.
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Cephallonia
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Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911). Novelist.
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Skiathos
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Aristarchus (c. 310-230 BC). Ancient Greek mathematician and astronomer.
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Samos
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Diagoras (5th century BC). Ancient Greek boxer.
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Rhodes
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Hippocrates (c. 460-370 BC). Ancient Greek philosopher and physician.
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Kos
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Icarus. Mythological man who flew too close to the sun.
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Ikaria
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Odysseas Elytis (1911-1996). Poet and Nobel laureate (1979).
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Mytilene
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Philip (382-336 BC). King of Macedonia (359-336 BC).
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Kozani
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Daskalogiannis (1722-1771). Revolutionary.
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Chania
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Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936). Prime minister of Greece (1910-1933).
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Athens
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Apollo. Ancient Greek god of light and music.
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Naxos
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Aristotle (c. 384-322 BC). Ancient Greek philosopher.
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Kastoria
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Alexander the Great (356-323 BC). King of Macedonia (336-323 BC).
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Kavala
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Alexander Onassis (1948-1973). Son of Aristotle Onassis.
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Kythira
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Vassilis Constantakopoulos (1935-2011). Shipowner, owner of Costa Navarino.
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Kalamata
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Homer (c. 8th century BC). Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
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Chios
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