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Meletis Vasileiou (Greek: ''Μελέτης Βασιλείου'', 1778 - 1826) from Chassia in Attica was a leader of the Greek War of Independence who contributed a lot to the organization of the revolutionary forces in Attica.〔(ΚΕΝΙ: Μελέτης Βασιλείου. )〕 ==Biography== Vasileiou was born in 1778 in Chassia and was a member of a poor family of farmers. As a man with a great influence, he managed to secure privileges for the area that suffered under Ottoman misrule. Furthermore he was a member of the Filiki Eteria,〔Spyridon Trikoupis (Τρικούπης ), Ιστορία της Ελληνικής Επαναστάσεως, 1860, vol.1 (Α’), p.177.〕 a secret 19th-century organization whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. With the outbreak of the revolution, he managed to get permission to recruit men by tricking the Ottoman authorities pretending being loyal to them.〔Ioannis Philimon (Φιλήμων ), Δοκίμιον ιστορικόν περί της Eλληνικής Eπαναστάσεως, 1860, vol.3 (Γ'), p.128-129.〕〔Municipality of Aspropyrgos (Ασπροπύργου ), Symposium proceedings: B' Συμπόσιο Ιστορίας-Λαογραφίας Βόρειας - Δυτικής Αττικής - Πρακτικά, Ασπρόπυργος 1992, p.24.〕 On the 18th of April 1821 in Kalamos in Attica he fought the Ottoman troops coming from Euboea.〔 A few days later he led the attack against Athens. More specifically, in the night between the 25th and the 26th of April, 600 gunmen attacked the walls from the side between Agioi Apostoloi and Boubounistra and quickly managed to capture the entire city except Acropolis.〔Spyridon Trikoupis, 1860, vol.1 (Α’), p.179.〕〔Ioannis Philimon, 1860, vol.3 (Γ'), p.131.〕 During the summer of the same year, a serious dispute broke out between Vasileiou and the elders of Athens concerning the military leadership of Attica,〔 after the arbitrary assumption of leadership by him on the 14 June. The next day, Vasileiou became the target of an assassination attempt while, probably in retaliation, rebels looted the house of an Athenian notable.〔Municipality of Aspropyrgos, 1992, p.27.〕 The situation appeared to smooth temporarily after the intervention of Demetrios Ypsilantis〔Ioannis Philimon, 1860, vol.3 (Γ'), p.373.〕 and the dispatch of the Vasileiou and his men in Boeotia.〔 However, later, he had a new conflict, this time with his compatriots, which according to one version, was triggered by the Athenian notables.〔Municipality of Aspropyrgos, 1992, p.28-31.〕 From 1822 until 1825 the Vasileiou gradually promoted to the grades of deputy chiliarch, chiliarch and eventually Taxiarch,〔 which is equivalent to Brigadier General. He took part in the battles of Schimatari, of the Acropolis in Athens and of Marathon, but also in the campaign of Odysseas Androutsos to the Eastern part of Central Greece. Later, Vassiliou was appointed by Yannis Gouras tither of Attica, thus rekindling local rivalries of previous years.〔Municipality of Aspropyrgos, 1992, p.31-35.〕 In May 1826 Meletis Vasileiou was murdered by his compatriots, who in the raid of Omer Pasha in Attica rushed to declare their allegiance to him, due to a disagreement with the commandant of the Acropolis, Yannis Gouras.〔Spyridon Trikoupis, 1862, vol.4 (Δ’), p.57.〕 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「Meletis Vasileiou」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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