Who was the original Epaminondas for whom the seized Greek vessel was named ?
I was trying to remember, because there was a Greek restaurant with that name. He was a famous Theban general who defeated Sparta in the Battle of Leuctra, 4th century BC
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"Iran’s ‘totally obliterated’ Navy has released a video of its seizure yesterday of the MSC Epaminondas.
The seized vessel is owned by a Greek company, Technomar Shipping, whose founder and Managing Director is George Youroukos.
The vessel was seized as it tried to pass through the Strait of Hormuz without the permission of Iranian forces.
After Iran announced that it had seized the vessel, Greece’s government denied that the vessel had been seized.
Iran then released this video, and the ship’s owner admitted that the vessel had been boarded by Iranian forces and was heading to Iran.
A recent report by No Harbour For Genocide revealed that Greek shipping companies covertly supplied energy and military materiel to the criminal Israeli entity during its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.
In addition, the pro-genocide Greek government of kmitsotakis
has curried favour with the war criminal Donald Trump by enabling the illegal U.S.-Israel war on Iran."
https://x.com/dimitrilascaris/status/20 ... 2533208096
Comments reveal a common thread of animosity to the current Athens government for its servitude to is not real.
Individual Greeks, by the way, can be quite cynical about the US.
"Time for us Greeks to revolt against our genocidal government and oligarch shipowners."
"Anyway, if it had Greek sailors on board, the most likely scenario is that the Iranians would have treated them to coffee [tea is the Iranian national drink] and they'd have waved Palestinian flags together.
The gap between the politicians and Greek oligarchs on the one hand and the country's citizens on the other is enormous on every level."
https://x.com/antyge/status/2047314130890093020
"Iran is not my enemy. My enemies are Trump, Starmer and all those who support Israel."
"Greece. You deserve all what's coming"
Greece today
Greece today
Re: Greece today
"Greek main opposition party SYRIZA leader Sokratis Famellos:
“Israel wants to use us against Turkey.
This means death for Greece. The whole world knows that neither we nor Israel have the power to take on Turkey. I hope the government is aware of this!”
“We describe Israel’s attacks in Gaza as savagery!”
“The government is not reacting sufficiently. We demand the cessation of military cooperation, the recognition of the Palestinian state, and the establishment of humanitarian aid corridors.”"
https://x.com/Ysf34A/status/2047693256541049035
Re: Greece today
Greek government is following the prescribed party line
"Diplomatic Clash Between President Erdogan and the Greek Prime Minister Regarding Hamas:
In a decisive response to the Greek Prime Minister's description of Hamas as terrorism, President Erdogan affirmed that:
Hamas is not a terrorist organization but a resistance movement.
Hamas is defending its land.
Defending the homeland is a legitimate right guaranteed by all laws."
https://x.com/RD_turk/status/2050333156331442368
Re: Greece today
Reminds one of a few other places, like Pakistan for example
"’The Realities of Modern Greece 
Modern Greece is not the direct continuation of ancient Greek civilization. It is an artificial buffer state created in the 19th century by the Great Powers (mainly Britain, Russia, and France) against the Ottoman Empire through political engineering.
The blue color of the Greek flag comes from the first king, Otto, a Bavarian prince. The shade was chosen to reflect Bavarian blue. Some claim the striped design resembles the British East India Company flag.
The modern Greek alphabet and language were largely “revived” in the 19th century as part of nation-building. Ancient Greek had been a dead language for centuries, and the current form (Demotiki) was shaped artificially to create national identity.
Many key heroes of the 1821 Greek War of Independence, such as Markos Botsaris and Theodoros Kolokotronis, were Arvanites Orthodox Albanians. Their ethnic origin is largely Albanian, not ancient Greek.
The people of modern Greece have no direct ethnic or genetic connection to the ancient Greeks. The population is a mix of Turks (especially Karamanlides from Anatolia), Albanians, Slavs, Macedonians, and other Balkan groups.
Greece was established in 1830 by the Great Powers as a buffer zone against the Ottomans. Its first king was a foreigner (Bavarian Otto), and the state was built according to foreign geopolitical interests rather than organic historical continuity.
Modern Greece romantically claims ancient Hellenic heritage, but in reality it is a 19th-century construction an ethnic mosaic of Albanians, Slavs, Christian Turks, and other Balkan peoples shaped by political engineering, not historical descent.
Kings from Germany 
Flag from British East India Company 
Population Turk, Albanians, Makedonians and Vlach 
Macedonians and Romanians]
Language from Ancient Greeks (Real Greeks)
Heroes from Albanians "
https://x.com/BasedTurkiiye/status/2050954749982175633
Re: Greece today
"Ancient Greece never existed" claims this pro-Macedonian video.
The language spoken, the clip claims, was a proto-Slavic one.
The truth ? Needs further investigation.
https://x.com/DjBestOfRmxSerb/status/20 ... 4251219031