Thymios Vlachavas (, also known as Παπαθύμιος ''Papathymios''; born in Vlachava (also known as Smoliani) in about 1760, died in 1809) was a

klepht Klephts (; Greek κλέφτης, ''kléftis'', pl. κλέφτες, ''kléftes'', which means "thieves" and perhaps originally meant just "brigand": "Other Greeks, taking to the mountains, became unofficial, self-appointed armatoles and were know ...

. He was the son of Athanasios Vlachavas. In the 19th century, he achieved a prominent position among the other klepht leaders, and led the fight against Ali Pasha, the powerful and semi-independent Ottoman governor of Yanina. Along with others, he prepared a large-scale anti-Ottoman uprising in May 1808, but it was betrayed. Vlachavas was later captured by Ali Pasha by ploy, executed and quartered. A statue of Thymios Vlachavas has been erected near the former

Ypapantis Monastery The Ypapantis Monastery (), also known as the Monastery of the Ascension of the Savior (), is a former Eastern Orthodox Christian monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece. The monastery is built into the ...

Meteora The Meteora (; , ) is a rock formation in the regional unit of Trikala, in Thessaly, in northwestern Greece, hosting one of the most prominent complexes of Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox monastery, monasteries, viewed locally as se ...

Thessaly Thessaly ( ; ; ancient Aeolic Greek#Thessalian, Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic regions of Greece, geographic and modern administrative regions of Greece, administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient Thessaly, a ...

, Greece.

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1760s births 1809 deaths Criminals from the Ottoman Empire Greek revolutionaries Executed Greek people 19th-century executions by the Ottoman Empire Ali Pasha of Ioannina {{Greece-bio-stub