Word: thessalo
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Cairo. After the war he went back to the Archipelago, where he met the Rev. Josiah Brewer, who persuaded him to come to America. At the time, he assumed his grandfather's name Evangelinos, his own baptismal name being Sophocles; and he was generally called Sophocles Magnes, or Thessalo Magnes, from the place of his birth. He arrived in Boston in July, 1828, and went to school at Monson, to learn English and also Latin, which he had not before studied. He for a long time intended to return to Greece, but after publishing several pamphlets, he finally decided...
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