A record of the local members of the Filiki Etaireia. Learn about the pioneers who secretly prepared the uprising and organised the first revolutionary actions in the area.
A. Koulocheras
A. Koulocheras, from the village of Tourkoleka, was a member of the Filiki Etaireia. He was initiated by the Leontari priest Papaïliopoulos.
Anastasios Koumoundouros
Anastasios Koumoundouros, from the village of Krampovo, was a member of the Filiki Etaireia. He was initiated by the Leontari priest Papaïliopoulos.
Δ. Κεφάλας
D. Kefalas, from the village of Dyrrachi in Arcadia, took part in a mission of the Filiki Etaireia in 1819.
Theodoros Leontaritis
Theodoros Leontaritis was a merchant from Leontari who was initiated into the Filiki Etaireia by A. Pelopidas in 1819, while he was in Zakynthos. To support the aims of the Society, he contributed 100 grosia.
Priest Papaïliopoulos
Priest Papaïliopoulos was originally from the province of Leontari, was a member of the Filiki Etaireia, and, according to Fotakos Chrysanthopoulos, adjutant of Theodoros Kolokotronis, initiated many of his compatriots into the Society.
Ioannis Leontaritis
Ioannis Leontaritis from Leontari, son of the merchant Theodoros Leontaritis, was initiated into the Filiki Etaireia at the age of 20.
Nikolaos Stamatelopoulos
Nikolaos Stamatelopoulos, brother of Nikitaras, took part in a mission of the Filiki Etaireia in 1819 and lost his life in battle in 1821.
Petros Salamonos
Petros Salamonos was an elder of the province of Leontari, who was initiated into the Filiki Etaireia on 16 June 1819 by Daniil Pampoukis and contributed 50 grosia to its cause.
Stasinos Ntourekas
Stasinos Ntourekas was originally from the province of Leontari, was a member of the Filiki Etaireia, and lost his life in the Battle of Maniaki in 1825.