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"