Chrysanthopoulos, Fotios or Fotakos (1798-1878). A fighter of 1821, aide-de-camp to Th. Kolokotronis and memoirist. His father was the priest papa-Yiannakis, which is why his brothers were named Papagiannakopouloi. He was born in Magouliana, Gortynia.

At the time when the Friendly Society was gaining strength, he was in Russia as a commercial employee. He was initiated into the Society and went to Langadia, Gortynia to meet Kanellon Deliyannis. At the outbreak of the Revolution, he was outside Tripoli with Deliyannis.

Kolokotronis appointed him as the first captain of the company he originally formed in the village of Piana near Tripoli. During the years of Kapodistrias, he was a major, and in the era of Otto, he was appointed as a forest officer.

His Memoirs are a valuable historical source, as he, being an aide-de-camp to Kolokotronis, had the opportunity to know people and events. He also wrote the Life of Papaflessas and the Lives of Peloponnesian men.

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