ten heroes like him, it would not have been possible for me to undertake the military campaign against the Peloponnese". Legacy Papaflessas remains a key revolutionary figure in Greek history and places and events have been named in his honour. Such instances include an annual international athletics meeting in Kalamata called Papaflessia and a municipality in the Peloponnese called Papaflessas See also History of Greece Notes References Νίκος Παναγιωτόπουλος, Το Μανιάκι, τα Ταμπούρια και ο Παπαφλέσσας, εφημερίδα Θάρρος, 19 May 2007, issue 32370 Δημήτρης Καμπουράκης, "Μια σταγόνα ιστορία", Εκδόσεις Πατάκη, 2002 External links Μηνιαία έκδοση συλλὀγου: ιστορική οικογένεια των φλεσσαίων «ο Παπαφλεσσας», issue 26 Historical appearance of the name Flessas 1788 births 1825 deaths Members of the Filiki Eteria Greek people of the Greek War of Independence Greek military personnel killed in action Eastern Orthodox monks Greek Christian monks 19th-century Eastern Orthodox clergy 19th-century Christian monks Ministers of the Interior of Greece People from Messenia