https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yannis_Makriyannis



Yannis Makrygiannis was not a Hellene

Yannis Markygiannis was an orphan whose father was killed by the Ottomans

Yannis Makrygiannis didn't look like Apollo

Yannis Makrygiannis looked like a tall robust man with a thick beard

Yannis Makrygiannis didn't come from a villa looking like an ancient Greek temple

Yannis Makrygiannis came from a poor village in Central Greece

Yannis Makrygiannis wasn't enjoying grapes in the sun

Yannis Makrygiannis would overcome odds against Ottomans fighting even with stones

Yannis Makrygiannis won't boast about what other people built

Yannis Makrygiannis would build monasteries by his hand

Yannis Makrygiannis didn't become a politician or influencer

Yannis Makrygiannis was imprisoned by nepotists

Yannis Makrygiannis wouldn't read you poetry of other men

Yannis Makrygiannis created some of the most well-written and eye-opening literature in Greece when he was in jail after he taught himself to write.

Yannis Makrygiannis is not a statue to idealize

Yannis Makrygiannis is Hellenism, overcoming the odds like Alexander did

Be like Yannis Makrygiannis, be civilization