Marinos Antypas
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Marinos Antypas was born in the village Feredinata of Kefalonia at 1872 and was assassinated in Pirgetos of Thessaly in 1907. He was a lawyer and journalist. He was one of the first Greek socialists and he fought for the prevalence of socialist ideas. He had been a member of the Central Socialist Society in Athens, during his studies. He had also been a voluntary soldier in the Cretan Revolution of 1896. For this action he was imprisoned and exiled in the island of Aegina.
In Kefalonia he published the journal "Anastasi" and he founded in Argostoli the center of political and spiritual debate "The Equality". After that he visited the farm of his uncle Gerasimos Skiadaresis in Thessaly. There, he incited the "koligoi" (farmers) against the "tsiflikades" (landowners). The landowners, annoyed because of his role in the "agrarian problem", had him assassinated in Pirgetos (modern Rapsani) on 7 March 1907. His assassination shocked the farmers and he quickly became a legendary hero and rebel among them. His action influenced the great agrarian revolution of Kileler in 1910 and the Greek socialists in general.
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