Antonios Komizopoulos (

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: Αντώνιος Κομιζόπουλος) was a 19th-century Greek merchant and the 4th member of

Filiki Eteria Filiki Eteria or Society of Friends ( el, Φιλικὴ Ἑταιρεία ''or'' ) was a secret organization founded in 1814 in Odessa, whose purpose was to overthrow the Ottoman rule of Greece and establish an independent Greek state. (''ret ...

(The Friendly Society).

Biographical elements

Komizopoulos descended from Plovdiv. In 1815, while he was in

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, he became a member of

. Three years later—on the initiative of

Nikolaos Skoufas Nikolaos Skoufas ( el, Νικόλαος Σκουφάς; 1779 – July 31, 1818) was a founding member of the Filiki Eteria ("Society of Friends"), a Greek conspiratorial organization against the Ottoman Empire. (''retrieved from University of C ...

—he joined the ''Invisible Authority'' and signed with the letters Α.Ε. He initiated many important people into Filiki Eteria including

Christoforos Perraivos Christoforos Perraivos ( el, Χριστόφορος Περραιβός) was a Greek officer of the Greek War of Independence, member of the Filiki Eteria and author. In non-Greek sources his name is usually found as ''Per(r)evo(s).'' Biography Pe ...

and spent much of his wealth for the Greek Revolution.

Emmanuil Xanthos Emmanuil Xanthos ( el, Εμμανουήλ Ξάνθος; 1772 – November 28, 1852) was a Greek merchant. He was one of the founders of the Filiki Eteria ("Society of Friends"), a Greek conspiratorial organization which opposed the Ottoman Empir ...

saved several of Kozimopoulos' letters both to himself and to others from the organisation.

References

Sources

* Papyrus Larousse Britannica, v.29 People from Plovdiv Members of the Filiki Eteria {{Greece-business-bio-stub