Aristotelis Valaoritis

Some of his most important works are: Stichourgimata, Mnemosina, Kira Frosini, Athanasios Diakos, O Fotinos, Astrapogiannos.

O Fotinos (or Der Helle in German), is a very famous unfinished poem relating the so-called Voukentra revolution of 1357 in Lefkada against the Venetian (Italian) occupation.

Once the Ionian islands were united with Greece he moved to Athens, as a member of the Greek Parliament.

His speeches were heavily influenced by his poetic language, making his rhetorical skills uniquely remarkable.

The last years of his life, he developed action towards the integration of Epirus to Greece, a goal not fully achieved until the Balkan Wars.

Aristotelis Valaoritis' bust in his birthplace, Lefkada
Bust in the National Garden, Athens