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Eleftheria i thanatos (Greek: Ελευθερία ή θάνατος, IPA: [elefθeˈri.a i ˈθanatos]; 'Freedom or Death') is the motto of Greece. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It originated in the Greek songs of resistance that were powerful motivating factors for independence.
Germany: No official motto, de facto: Unity and justice and freedom (German: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit). Ghana: Freedom and Justice. [51] Greece: Freedom or Death (Greek: Ελευθερία ή θάνατος; Eleftheria i thanatos). [52] Grenada: Ever Conscious of God We Aspire, Build and Advance as One People. [53]
Eleftheria i thanatos ('Freedom or Death'), national motto of Greece "Give me liberty, or give me death!", attributed to American orator Patrick Henry in 1775; The Culpeper Minutemen had "Liberty or death" on their flag; Independência ou morte ('Independence or Death'), motto of the Empire of Brazil (1822–1889)
The Hellenic State (Greek: Ελληνική Πολιτεία, romanized: Elliniki Politeia, lit. ' Greek State ') was the collaborationist government of Greece during the country's occupation by the Axis powers in the Second World War.
The expression comes from the Greek national motto "Freedom or Death" (Eleftheria i thanatos), derived from the Greek War of Independence and used by Cretan rebels such as the book's protagonist. The "or" was knowingly replaced with "and" in the ending text by Kazantzakis.
He most likely accepted and transliterated the slogan Eleftheria i thanatos from the Greek liberation struggles, which was a national motto of Greece. Rakovski summoned his fellow countrymen to go to the battlefields under the banners of the Bulgarian lion. The flag with the lion was provided in 1858, when he stipulated that the national flag ...
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Motto: Ελευθερία ... Greece, [a] officially the Hellenic Republic, [b] is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula ...