Eleutherios or Lefteris (, "the liberator") is an epithet and formal attribution in the Greek pantheon, including: *

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Eleuther In Greek mythology, the name Eleuther (Ancient Greek: Ἐλευθήρ) may refer to: * Eleuther, one of the Curetes, was said to have been the eponym of the towns Eleutherae and Eleuthernae in Crete. * Eleuther, an Arcadian prince as one of the 5 ...

, son of Apollo and Aethusa. # He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the Pythian games, # and for having been the first to erect a statue of Dionysus. # as well as for having given his name to Eleutherae. # His sons were Iasius. # and Pierus. He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously of the image of Dionysus wearing a black aegis, and were driven mad by the god; as a remedy, Eleuther, in accordance with an oracle, established a cult of "Dionysus of the Black Aegis". # Eleuther, a variant of the name Eleutherios, early Greek god who was the son of Zeus and probably an alternate name of Dionysus. # Eleuther, one of the twenty sons of Lycaon. He and his brother Lebadus were the only not guilty of the abomination prepared for Zeus, and fled to Boeotia. # Eleuther, one of the Curetes, was said to have been the eponym of the towns Eleutherae and Eleuthernae in Crete.

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It is also used as a first name in modern Greek (alternatively transliterated as Eleftherios, in the short form Lefteris): * Eleftherios Eleftheriou (born 1974), Cypriot football midfielder *

Eleftherios Foulidis Eleftherios Foulidis (, born 1948) is a Greek icon painter in the Orthodox tradition. He is from Drepano, Kozani and is based in London, United Kingdom. Early life and work in Greece Foulidis took his first impressions and practical art lessons ...

(born 1948), Greek iconographer, born in Drepano, Kozani * Eleftherios Mertakas (born 1985), Cypriot football midfielder * Eleftherios Papasymeon, Greek athlete who competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens * Eleftherios Poupakis (born 1946), retired Greek footballer * Eleftherios Sakellariou (born 1987), Greek footballer *

Eleftherios Venizelos Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Cretan State, Cretan Greeks, Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party (Greece), Liberal Party, Venizelos ser ...

(1864–1936), Greek revolutionary, statesman and charismatic leader in the early 20th century *

Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos Lefteris Nikolaou-Alavanos () is a Greek politician currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament for the Communist Party of Greece. On 2 March 2022, he was one of 13 MEPs who voted against condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ...

, (fl. 2019 -), Greek member of the European Parliament *

Lefteris Pantazis Lefteris Pantazis () who is often called by the nickname ''LePa'' by the media and his fans, is a Greek singer. He was born Eleftherios Pagkozidis (Ελευθέριος Παγκοζίδης) on 27 March 1955 to Pontic Greek parents in Tashkent, ...

(born 1955), Greek singer *

Lefteris Papadopoulos Lefteris (Eleftherios) Papadopoulos (; born 14 November 1935) is a Greek lyricist, writer and journalist. Lefteris Papadopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on 14 November 1935. He was the son of Greek Pontian refugees, with a father from a vill ...

(born 1935), Greek lyricist and journalist *

Lefteris Papadimitriou Lefteris Papadimitriou is a Greek composer and performer. Biography He was born in Volos, Greece. He studied composition with Iannis Ioannidis and has written many compositions for live instruments and electronic media. He is a graduate of the ...

, Greek composer and performer

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