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Aspasia Manos

Athens, 4 Sep 1896 – Venice, 7 Aug 1972

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Facts and their sources

  • Born4 Sep 1896, Athensnot verified1 source
  • Died7 Aug 1972, Venicenot verified1 source
  • FatherPetros Manosnot verified1 source
  • MotherMaria Argyropoulounot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 4 Sep 1896

    Born in Athens

  2. 25 Mar 1921

    A daughter is born

  3. 7 Aug 1972

    Dies in Venice, aged 75

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 1

During her lifetime

She lived through 9 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Athens.

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The 1890s · Aspasia is born in Athens

Who governed

In the news1896

First modern Olympics held in 1896

Athens hosted the opening ceremonies of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, a significant cultural event for the capital.

Music

Diverse musical life in Greece

While elites in cities attended orchestral concerts and ballroom dances, ordinary people enjoyed folk festivals featuring chain dances, often accompanied by the clarinet, violin, and laouto. In cities, tavernas became hubs for rebetika music played with bouzoukis and baglamas.

The “Russian flu”. A flu pandemic travelled the world by rail and steamship in a few months, killing about a million people.Around the world · 1889–1890

The “Russian flu”. A flu pandemic travelled the world by rail and steamship in a few months, killing about a million people.

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Daily life

Village Life and Daily Work Patterns

Peasants typically lived in large villages rather than isolated farmhouses to protect themselves from brigandage, traveling daily to work in the fields with bread and olives for lunch.

In the news1893

Corinth Canal completed in 1893

The Corinth Canal, a major infrastructure project begun in 1882, was finally completed in 1893, drastically changing maritime transport routes.

What people wore

Festive attire featured coins and gold threads

On feast days, women in Megara adorned themselves with strings of coins and silver chains, and wore veils of transparent silk interwoven with gold threads. Festive costumes were distinguished from practical, dark-colored everyday wear by their rich embroidery, bright colors, and ornamentation.

Getting around

The Odontotos rack railway inaugurated

The Odontotos rack railway, inaugurated in 1896, traveled the 22,350 meters between Diakopto and Kalavrita in 60 minutes.