(40 Pallikaria) [40 brave men]
[40 young men from Levadeia go to conquer Tripolitsa. On their way they meet an old man.]
- "Good day to you, old man"
- "Welcome young men! "
"where are you going, young men? "
- "We are going to conquer Tripolitsa"
[This is one of the best-known traditional songs, and refers to an incident during the last years of 18th century or early 19th; Lebadeia is in central Greece, Tripolitsa is in the center of the Peloponnese. The poem is longer: The 40 were caught by the authorities, and when the old man heard it, he went to the bey of the place and demanded their release:]
[Klephts were the guerilla fighters against the Ottomans]
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