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In the First Balkan War, the Greek fleet under Pavlos Kountouriotis landed troops at Mytilene on 8 November 1912 (Old Style). The…

Theophilos Hatzimichail, a self-taught painter from Lesvos, filled walls and boards with Greek heroes, myths and village life. Little valued in his…