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Manthos Economou ((ギリシア語:Μάνθος Οικονόμου); 1754 – 22 August 1822) was a Greek member of the Filiki Eteria, private secretary and advisor of Ali Pasha of Ioannina He was executed in 1820 by the Ottoman troops. ==Biographical information== He was born in 1754 in Koukouli of Zagori region〔Sp. P. Aravantinos, ''Ιστορία Αλή πασά του Τεπελενλή'', Εκ του Τυπογραφείου των Καταστημάτων Σπυρίδωνος Κουσουλίνου, Athens, 1895, p. 461.〕 and then he went to Ioannina where he studied.〔Encyclopedia ''Σύγχρονος Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Ελευθερουδάκη'', 1928, vol. 19, p. 12.〕 Due to his skills and personality, he was engaged in Ali’ s court, and soon he managed to become one of his most distinguished and trustworthy advisors.〔〔Panagiotis Aravantinos, ''Χρονογραφία της Ηπείρου'', Εκ του Τυπογραφείου Σ. Κ. Βλαστού, Athens, 1856, vol. 1, p. 328.〕 According to one theory,〔Sp. P. Aravantinos, 1895, p. 462.〕 in 1807 he saved from certain death the notable Greek scholar and priest Konstantinos Ekonomos Economon when he was imprisoned in Ioannina. During the period 1817 - 1819, Economou was involved in negotiations with the British for the purchase of the coastal town of Parga on behalf of Ali Pasha. Furthermore, he tried to dissuade〔Amaury Duval – Andreas Moustoxidis, ''Έκθεσις των γεγονότων όσα συνέβησαν πριν και μετά την παραχώρησιν της Πάργας - Σύγγραμμα εκδοθέν εν Παρισίοις γαλλιστί κατά το 1820 έτος Νυν δε μεταφρασθέν υπό Ιωάννου Βερβιτσιώτου'', Τυπογραφείον Ερμής Χ. Νικολαΐδου Φιλαδελφέως, Corfu, 1851, p. 37 - 38.〕 the residents of Parga, whom by fearing Ali Pasha, they decided to abandon their homes and seek refuge in the Ionian Islands, or at least to achieve the reduction of the number of the refugees in order to reduce the amount of the compensation that Pasha had to pay. In order to achieve this, allegedly he attempted to bribe without success, the police authorities of the town.〔Sp. P. Aravantinos, 1895, p. 260.〕〔Trifonas E. Evaggelidis, ''Ιστορία Αλή πασά του Τεπελενλή Σατράπου της Ηπείρου ( 1741 - 1822 )'', Εκδοτικόν Κατάστημα Π. Ζανουδάκη, Athens, 1896, p. 641.〕 The same year he was initiated into the Filiki Eteria by his brother Christodoulos〔Ioannis Filimonas, ''Δοκίμιον ιστορικόν περί της ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως,'' 1859, vol. 1, p. 328 and 405.〕 and then he was the one that initiated the interpreter and advisor of Ali Pasha, Spyros Kolovos.〔 During the war of Ali Pasha with the Sublime Porte, Ekonomou played a key role in the defection of significant chieftains of Ali, such as Omer Vrioni, Tahir Abaz, Ago Vasiarj etc, to the sultan troops.〔Sp. P. Aravantinos, 1895, p. 295.〕 According to Koutsonikas, an agreement existed with Ismail Pasha and Mahmud Dramali who were marching against Ioannina.〔Lampros Koutsonikas, ''Γενική ιστορία της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως'', Τύποις του "Ευαγγελισμού" Δ. Καρακατζάνη, Athens, 1863, vol. 1, p. 178 - 179.〕 Fearing that any revealing of his actions would lead to his certain death, he defected and he went in Metsovo where he intended to meet with an old acquaintance of Ismail Pasha in order to offer him his services.〔Trifonas E. Evaggelidis, 1896, p. 668.〕 However, he was captured by the vanguard of Dramali and after interrogation, he was executed in August 1820, being probably a victim of the personal rivalry between Ismail and Dramali.〔Sp. P. Aravantinos, 1895, p. 295 - 296.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Manthos Oikonomou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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