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Aristotelis Valaoritis of Lefkada: The renowned poet Aristotelis Valaoritis was born on the island of Lefkada in 1824 and died on the island of Madouri in 1879. The poet was known for his exploits during the pos-liberation period. Greek literature ceased to exist under the oppression of the Turkish rule, except in Crete, where very few scholars survived the Turkish onslaught. The Greeks were finally blessed with the ‘Enlightenment’, when they were liberated from the Turks in 1832. The emergence of eminent literati in this phase was a corrolary, as they were relieved from the shackles of the Muslim rule. This change facilitated the growth of a rich culture.
Aristotelis Valaoritis was a product of this particular era. He studied law at the universities of Pisa, Geneva and Paris and graduated in 1848. Afterwards he traveled across Europe promoting the reasons for the annexation of the Ionian Islands
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