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AMPATZOGLOU GEORGIOU

Georgios Ampatzoglou was born in Saranta Ekklisies, East Thrace and he was imprisoned for his involvement in the national matters. In 1922 he settled as a refugee in Thessaloniki, he fought for the rehabilitation of the refugees and he was the founder of the Housing Cooperative of Refugees from Saranta Ekklisies. He died in 1951.

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AMVROSIOU EPISK. MEDIOLANON

Aurelius Ambrosius, as was his secular name, was born in 339 or 340 and died in A.D. 397. He was highly educated, he served as a lawyer and he was assigned with important administrative roles in the Roman State. In 374, he was appointed Bishop of Milan. He is identified as an important ecclesiastical figure


ALIKARNASSOU

Halicarnassus was a city in Minor Asia, founded as a colony by Dorian Greeks and it was the most important city of the Doric Hexapolis. It was built in 1000 B.C. by citizens of Troezen. It was the homeland of Herodotus and Dionysius of Halicarnassus. After its destruction in 1922, most of its citizens moved



AESOPOU

Aesop was a Greek fabulist who was born – according to tradition – around 600 B.C. His famous fables had didactic content. Ancient Greeks attributed to Aesop numerous fables written by anonymous authors. His fables had survived through oral tradition until 300 B.C. when Demetrius of Phaleron wrote them down.


AISCHYLOU

Aischylus was a great tragic poet of ancient Greece. He was born in Eleusis, in 525 and he died in 456 B.C. He fought in the Battle of Marathon and he got injured. He introduced innovations and he perfected ancient tragedy. Only seven of his numerous works have survived intact.


AIMILIANOU GREVENON

Aimilianos Lazaridis was born in Permata, Konya in 1871 and he studied at the Halki Theological School. He actively participated in the Macedonian Struggle. Then, as the Bishop of Petra and later, as the Metropolitan Bishop of Grevena and until his death in 1911, he was renowned for his involvement in national matters, due to


AIGYPTOU

Egypt is a country of north-eastern Africa with a long history and civilisation starting from the 4th millennium B.C. At Aigyptou st., Ladadika, – a district that used to be also known as the “Egyptian Market”, several Egyptian merchants had their stores already since the 17th century.


AIANTOS

Two heroes, mentioned in the Homeric Epics, are known by this name: a) Telamonian Ajax, a mythic king of the island of Salamina, who participated in the campaign against Troy, was the ideal warrior and b) Ajax Lokrian, renowned from the battles of Troy.


AGNOSTOU STRATIOTOU

Most modern States honour the Unknown Soldier, as a minimum homage to the dead bodies of the soldiers who were left unburied. The concept was born during the First World War in France. The cenotaph of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was built in Athens in front of the Greek Parliament and the unveiling