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Petros Manos

Athens, 1871 – Switzerland, 4 Apr 1918

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  • Born1871, AthensRecords disagree1 source
  • MarriedMaria Argyropoulounot verified1 source
  • Died4 Apr 1918, SwitzerlandRecords disagree1 source

A life in time

  1. 1871

    Born in Athens

  2. 4 Sep 1896

    A daughter is born

  3. 4 Apr 1918

    Dies in Switzerland

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Athens.

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The 1870s · Petros is born in Athens

In the news1871

Peasants gained property rights in 1871

The 1871 Agrarian Reform granted property rights to peasants, allowing for the distribution of national lands.

Getting around

Crete journey times and distances

In Crete, a journey across the island from the Mesara plain to Heraklion, a distance of approximately 60 km, took 24 hours with a brief overnight stop.

At the table

Modest Diet of Ordinary Families

Poor families in Greece often survived on little more than a handful of bitter olives, onions, or salted fish with bread.

Electric light. Edison’s light bulb and his first power stations, in New York and London, began to light cities with electricity.Around the world · 1879–1882

Electric light. Edison’s light bulb and his first power stations, in New York and London, began to light cities with electricity.

KMJ, alpha masking by Edokter · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Music

Singing heroic ballads at table feasts

Heroic songs, or klephtic ballads, were often sung by soloists at banquets while seated around tables filled with food and wine. Singers and their audience used these songs to emotionally relive stories of bravery and life's challenges.

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.