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Panagiotis Messinis
Panagiotis or Panayiotis (, ) is a common male Greek name. It derives from the Greek epithet Panagia or ''Panayia'' ("All-Holy") for Mary. The feminine form of the name is Panagiota or Panayiota (Παναγιὡτα). It has three name days within a year (e.g. 2 February, 26 December), one of them is celebrated together with Maria, Mario, Mary, Despoina (or Despina) and all of their diminutives on the Dormition of the Theotokos, on 15 August. There are many diminutives of Panagiotis such as Panos (Πάνος), Notis (Νότης), Panagis/Panayis (Παναγής), Takis (Τάκης, from the diminutive Panagiotakis or Panayiotakis), Panikos (Πανίκος, in Cyprus) and Pit (Πιτ) while Panagiota, or Panayiota, is commonly reduced to Giota or Yiota (Γιώτα), and Nota (Νότα). Notable people * Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos, Greek revolutionary and member of the Filiki Eteria * Panagiotis Beglitis, Greek politician * Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, spanning List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands and nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions. It has a population of over 10 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilisation and the birthplace of Athenian democracy, democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major History of science in cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Giannakis
Panagiotis "Notis" Giannakis (, ; born January 1, 1959), alternatively spelled Panayiotis Yiannakis or Yannakis, is a former Greek professional basketball player and coach. He is considered to be one of the greatest sportspeople of Greece. He started his senior career at the age of just 13 at Ionikos Nikaias and after noticeable success, he achieved extraordinary success as a player with Aris Thessaloniki from 1984 to 1993, in partnership with Greek basketball's biggest star Nikos Galis along with the rest of the squad, while achieving victory as the national team captain in EuroBasket 1987 in Athens, Greece's first major tournament win in non-Olympic sport which, along with Aris' extraordinary success, cultivated the sport in the country. At the end of his career, he won the EuroLeague with Panathinaikos in 1996 As head coach, he most prominently led Greece to its second European trophy in EuroBasket 2005 at Serbia and Montenegro, where a team of new and talented stars shone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexi Lalas
Panayotis Alexander Lalas (; born June 1, 1970) is an American former soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where his appearance made him a standout player on the team with his distinctive long beard and hair. After the World Cup, Lalas went on to become the first American in Italy's Serie A as a member of Calcio Padova.Thiessay on U.S. soccer history, however, indicates that other two American-born players, Alfonso Negro and Armando Frigo, appeared for Serie A teams in the late 1930s, making Lalas the third American-born player in the Italian top league. Lalas would later return to the United States in 1996 to take part in the newly formed Major League Soccer, as a member of New England Revolution. Lalas also played with Club Sport Emelec of Ecuador, and the MLS squads MetroStars and Kansas City Wizards, but his most successful period was with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Lafazanis
Panagiotis Lafazanis (, ; born 19 November 1951) is a Greek politician. He served as the leader of a new Greek left-wing political party, Popular Unity, from 21 August 2015 until his resignation on 2 June 2019. Previously he was a member of Syriza, and from 27 January to 17 July 2015 he served in the cabinet of Alexis Tsipras as the Minister of Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy. Early life and education Born in Elefsina, Lafazanis attended the faculty of mathematics at the University of Athens but did not graduate. Political career Lafazanis was first elected as a Member of the Hellenic Parliament for Piraeus B at the 2000 Greek legislative election, representing Synaspismos. He was re-elected at the 2004 legislative election, the 2009 election (this time representing Syriza), the May 2012 election, the June 2012 election and the January 2015 election. In the parliament of 2012–2014, he was Syriza's Parliamentary Spokesman and a member of the Speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panayiotis Kythreotis
Panayiotis Kythreotis (; born 19 August 1980) is a former Cypriot football player, who played as a goalkeeper. He has also played for Aris Limassol, ASIL Lysi, APOEL and Chalkanoras Idaliou. Honours AEK Larnaca * Cypriot Cup The Cypriot Cup, formally known as the Cypriot Coca-Cola Cup of First and Second Division () for sponsorship purposes, is a Cypriot knockout football club competition, hosted annually by the Cyprus Football Association. First held in 1934, it i ...: 2003–04 References Cypriot men's footballers 21st-century Cypriot sportsmen APOEL FC players AEK Larnaca FC players Living people 1980 births ASIL Lysi players Men's association football goalkeepers {{Cyprus-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Kondylis
Panagiotis Kondylis (; ; 17 August 1943 – 11 July 1998) was a Greek philosopher, intellectual historian, translator and publications manager who principally wrote in German, in addition to translating most of his work into Greek. He can be placed in a tradition of thought best exemplified by Thucydides, Niccolò Machiavelli and Max Weber. Life Born in 1943 in the small community of Drouva (Δρούβα) in the municipality of Olympia, Greece, where the Kondylis' family house is still standing today, he moved with his father, who was a military officer, at the age of six to Kifisia, Athens, where he attended school. Kondylis studied classical philology and philosophy at the University of Athens (at which time he was drawn to Marxism), as well as philosophy, medieval and modern history and political science at the Universities of Frankfurt and Heidelberg. During his postgraduate studies at Heidelberg he earned his PhD (under the supervision of Dieter Henrich) with the 1300-page ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panayiotis Kokoras
Panayiotis Kokoras (; born 1974, Ptolemaida) is a Greek composer and computer music innovator. Kokoras's sound compositions use timbre as the main element of form. His concept of "holophony" describes his goal that each independent sound (φωνή), contributes equally into the synthesis of the total (ὅλος). In both instrumental and electroacoustic writing, his music calls upon a "virtuosity of sound," emphasizing the precise production of variable sound possibilities and the correct distinction between one timbre and another to convey the musical ideas and structure of the piece. His compositional output is also informed by musical research in Music Information Retrieval compositional strategies, Extended techniques, Tactile sound, Augmented reality, Robotics, Spatial Sound, Synesthesia. He is founding member of thHellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers Association(HELMCA) and from 2004 to 2012 he was board member and president. Studies Kokoras studied composition with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Kavvadias
Panagiotis Kavvadias or Cawadias (; – 20 July 1928) was a Greek Archaeology, archaeologist. He was responsible for the excavation of ancient sites in Greece, including Epidaurus in Argolis and the Acropolis of Athens, as well as archaeological discoveries on his native island of Kephallonia. As Ephor (archaeology), Ephor General (the head of the Greek Archaeological Service) from 1885 until 1909, Kavvadias oversaw the expansion of the Archaeological Service and the introduction of Law 2646 of 1899, which increased the state's powers to address the illegal excavation and Antiquities trade#Illicit trade, smuggling of antiquities. Kavvadias's work had a particular impact on the Acropolis of Athens, and has been credited with completing its "transformation[...] from castle to monument". Between 1885 and 1890, he removed almost all of the Acropolis's remaining medieval and modern structures, uncovering many ancient monuments in the process. He also played a role in the extensive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panos Karnezis
Panagiotis Karnezis (; born 1967 in Amaliada), known as Panos Karnezis, is a Greek people, Greek writer. Born in Greece, he moved to England in 1992 to study Engineering. He was later awarded a Master of Arts, M.A. in Creative Writing by the University of East Anglia. His first collection of stories, ''Little Infamies'', was published in 2002. In 2004 he published ''The Maze (2004), The Maze'' (to some critical acclaim), a novel set during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. His latest novel is ''The Convent'', published by W.W. Norton in 2010, and he is also the author of ''The Birthday Party (novel), The Birthday Party'' (2007). Karnezis originally comes from the western part of Greece Elis (regional unit) part of the Peloponnese peninsula. He lives in London. Bibliography *''Little Infamies'' (London, 2002) *''The Maze (novel), The Maze'' (London, 2004) *''The Birthday Party (novel), The Birthday Party'' (2007) *''The Convent'' (2010) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Karatzas (basketball)
Panagiotis Karatzas (; born June 29, 1965) is a Greek former professional basketball player. Professional career During his pro club career, Karatzas was an important member of the Greek club Pagrati Athens, where he played from 1979 to 1990. After that, he played with the Greek club Olympiacos Piraeus, from 1990 to 1994. With Olympiacos, he won the Greek League championship in 1993 and 1994, and the Greek Cup title in 1994. He played with the Greek club Panionios Athens, during the 1994–95 season. In 1995, he returned to Pagrati. National team career Karatzas was a member of the senio Greek national team. He played with Greece at the 1986 FIBA World Championship The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the 10th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. It was hosted by Spain and was held from 5 to 20 July 1986. The final phase of the tournament was hel .... He was also a member of the Greek team that won the gold me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Karatzas
Panagiotis Karatzas (; 18th century – 1824) was a Greece, Greek revolutionary leader in Patras during the Greek Revolution of 1821. During his childhood he showed his bravery and defiance against the Ottoman Empire, often fighting with Turkish peers. He fled to the Ionian Islands, then under United Kingdom, British rule, he moved to Zakynthos and enrolled into the British Army in the 3rd Greek Legion. He returned to Patras in 1809. He was one of the main commanders during the siege of Patras (1821). He was against the Ottoman-era local kodjabashis of the area. He was murdered by Greek rivals in 1824. References *''History of the Greek Revolution'' (''Ιστορία της Ελληνικής Επανάστασης'' = ''Istoria tis Ellinikis Epanastasis''), Volumes I and II, Spyridon Trikoupis, Nea Synora - A.A. Livani, Athens 1993 in literature, 1993 SET , Page 84 *''Istoria tis poleos Patron apo ton arheotaton hronon mehri tou 1921'' (''Ιστορία της Πόλεως ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos
Panagiotis Kanellopoulos or Panayotis Kanellopoulos (; 13 December 1902 – 11 September 1986) was a Greek writer, politician and Prime Minister of Greece. He was the Prime Minister of Greece deposed by the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. Biography Kanellopoulos studied law in Athens, Heidelberg and Munich. Kanellopoulos was an intellectual and author of books about politics, law, sociology, philosophy, and history. His book "I was born in 1402" received a literary award from the Academy of Athens. He married Theano Poulikakou (Θεανώ Πουλικάκου). After the start of the Axis occupation of Greece in 1941 he founded the '' Omiros'' resistance group, and in 1942 he fled to the Middle East, where he served as Minister of Defence under the Tsouderos government in exile during World War II. In November 1945, he served as prime minister for a short period of time. After the war he became Minister for Reconstruction under Georgios Papandreou in a national unity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
