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Alexander Billinis from the Clemson University (USA) will present an online lecture entitled “Hydra and the Flame of the Revolution”, on Thursday 3 June, at 7 pm, at the Greek Centre, as part of the Greek History and Culture Seminars, offered by the Greek Community of Melbourne.
The island of Hydra, a largely barren (yet strikingly beautiful) stone massif rising from the Saronic Gulf, became one of the most important centers of the Greek War of Independence. Sparsely inhabited in 1600, waves of refugees sought solace on the rock, and the need for sustenance and agency drove the Hydriots like Greeks over the millennia to the sea.
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Laskarina Bouboulina was a Heroine of the Greek War of Independence, reaching the rank of Captain in the Hellenic Navy and elevated to Admiral after her death.
She was born inside of a prison in Constantinople when her mother was visiting her father, Stavrianos Pinotsis, who had been thrown in jail by the Turks following the failed Orlov Revolt of 1770.
Bouboulina is one of the most important figures of the Greek Revolution, having spent her entire fortune on weapons and ammunition, as well as transporting them and other important items in her own ships.
Her warship the “Agamemnon” was one of the largest ships in the whole Greek Fleet.
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