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Pyrros (3rd century B.C.)
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King of Epirus and a great military personality (318-272 B.C.) of the hellenistic years. He was distinguished in the battle of Ipsos. In 296 B.C. he managed with the help of Ptolemeos Sotiras to return to the throne of Epirus, from where he had been expelled after the death of his father. A few years later (281 B.C.) he accepted the invitation of the residents of Taranta for help and he went with his army to Down Italy, where he fought against the Romans. In 280 and 279 B.C. he overcame Romans in Heraklia and Asklo, where however, despite the victory, the losses of his army were great. After his defeat at Venevento in 275 B.C. he was forced to return to Epirus
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Pyrros wanted to extend his state to the West, like Alexander the Great to the East. In 275 B.C. during his effort to occupy Peloponnesus, he was killed in Argos.
Saint Theodora (13οςcentury A.D.)
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Saint Theodora was the daughter of Ioannis Petraleifas and wife of the despot of the state of Epirus, Michael II Doukas Komninos. An important personality of the 13th century, she played an active role in the political situation of Epirus. She played a leading part in the negotiations for the peaceful coexistence of Despotato of Epirus with the kingdom of Nice, (where the Byzantine emperor was moved to) which she visited twice. After the death of her husband she became a nun and passed the last years of her life in the monastery of Saint George, whose church today brings her name. After her death she was buried in the western side of the temple. For her appreciable offers she was nominated saint and protector of Arta and her memory is celebrated every 11th of March.
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Maksimos Grekos
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He was named Michael Trivolis and he was given birth in Arta in 1470, where he first educated. A little later he continued the studies in the occupied by Venice, Corfu. Then he travelled in Italy (1492-1506), where he participated in a wider circle of studies, offering at the same time his services near important personalities who studied the classic writers. In 1506 he became a monk in the Abbey of Vatopedio and took the name Maximos. His wider education and language knowledge became known outside Agio Oros and a few years later the Czar of Russia Vasileios III invited him to Moscow to undertake the translation of religious books. In Moscow, Maximos offered a priceless translational, explanatory and corrective work. He was accused however by his enemies and was condemned in lifelong imprisonment.
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In 1988 the Oecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Patriarchate of Moscow nominated him officially a saint. He was considered as one of enlighteners of the Russian people, and his influence was crucial to their intellectual development
Nikolaos Skoufas (1779-1819)
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One of the founders of Filiki Etaireia. He was born in 1779 at Kompoti of Arta. He dealt with trade, but he was forced to move in Odessa, Russia. There he met in 1813 with the A. Tsakalov, who originated from Ioannina and together they conceived the idea of the "Filiki Etareia" ("Friendly Company") , which they founded in 1814 together with E. Ksanthos. N. Skoufas died in Moscow in 1819.
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Makrigjannis (1794-1864)
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General of the Revolution of 1821. He was born near Lidoriki, however he lived in Arta for many years in the house of sovereign A. Lidoriki, where he received his first education. His initiation in the Friendly Company took place there, and later he was imprisoned in the Castle prison.
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Georgios Karaiskakis
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One of most important arch generals of the Greek Revolution, a man who acted in the region of Agrafa and Evritania and in the wider region of Sterea Ellada, was Georgios Karaiskakis (1782-1827). He was born in Skoulikaria of Arta, in the Abbey of Sleeping of Virgin Mary. At the Abbey's left side we can see the room where he was given birth. His mother was nephew of the famous "armed thief" Gogos Bakolas. His father is considered to be the known "armed man" Karaiskos. From an early age, he was a pray of chance, living a life full of deprivals and bad luck, and for this reason he became restless and troublemaker, untamed and nervous. He would not listen to anyone and he always did what he wanted. His first juvenile years were lived at Tzoumerka and Agrafa as a goat sheperd, a free man, far from the fear of the Turk.
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