Rigas Feraios (or Rhegas Pheraeos) or Rigas Velestinlis (or Rhegas Velestinles) (Greek: Ρήγας Βελεστινλής-Φεραίος pronounced [ˈriɣas vɛlɛstinˈlis fɛˈrɛɔs] born Αντώνιος Κυριαζής Antonios Kyriazis pronounced [anˈdɔniɔs cirʝaˈzis]; also known as Κωνσταντίνος Ρήγας Konstantinos or Constantine Rhigas; Serbian: Рига од Фере Riga od Fere [rǐːɡa ɔd fɛ̂rɛː]; 1757 – June 24 1798) was a Greek writer political thinker and revolutionary active in the Modern Greek Enlightenment remembered as a Greek national hero a victim of the Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a forerunner of the Greek War of Independence.
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