Michalitsi was an important town of Minor Asia, 60 km away from Bursa. In the ancient times, it was the location of a city called Militoupoli. After the Minor Asia Catastrophe, its Greek population fled to various parts of Greece and to Thessaloniki.
Ioannis Michael was a politician from Thessaloniki. He was appointed Minister of Employment under the government of Nikolaos Plastiras (1950 – 1951).
Minos was the mythical King of Crete. The capital of his kingdom was Knossos. The Minoan Civilization that flourished on Crete, was named after him. The prosperity and the power of Crete were attributed to him.
The Mitsa family was a family of Militants who took part in the national revolutions and the military operations of the Greek State from the Revolution of 1821 to the Balkan Wars, such as the brothers Ioannis Kastritis and Stamatios Mitsas from Kranidi, who were militants of 1821.
Metsovo is a historical town of Epirus, whose residents are of Vlak origins. Many fighters of freedom and national benefactors such as Averof, Tositsas, Stournaris etc were born in Metsovo.
Vassilis Mesolongitis was a journalist and publisher of newspapers of Thessaloniki. Among others, he published the newspapers Eleftheros Makedonikos Typos, Makedonika Nea and he worked for Ellinikos Voras, Macedonia, Nea Evropi, Phos etc. He died in 1953.
Merope was the wife of the mythical King of Messene, Cresphontes. Merope was also the name of one of the mythic Pleiades. She was the only one to marry a mortal. Jeus turned her into a star.
Konstantinos Asimiadis was born in 1872 in Kallipoli, East Thrace and he was murdered at Sidirokastro in 1913. He was the Metropolitan of Meleniko from 1911 until his martyr death, due to his involvement in the national struggles.
Methoni is a historical city of the Peloponnese, with continuous presence since ancient times. It is known for its castle built by the Venetians in A.D. 1209. Methoni was also an ancient city in Pieria. It was founded in the 8th century B.C. as a colony by the citizens of Eretreia.
Kyriakos Matsis (1926-1958) was a Cypriot Militant of EOKA. He studied Agronomy at the University of Thessaloniki. He was killed fighting in the Liberation Struggle of Cyprus.
