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''''Thanasis Vagias''' ({{lang-el|Θανάσης Βάγιας}}, 1765–1834) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] counselor and confidant of [[Ali Pasha]], a [[Islam|Muslim]] [[Albanians|Albanian]] ruler of [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Epirus]].<ref name=Woodhouse/><ref name=Woodhouse>{{harvnb|Woodhouse|Lidderdale|Makriyannis|1966}}: "VAYIAS, Thanasis, 1765-1834, Epirot Greek, a confidant of Ali Pasha, wrongly thought by Makriyannis to be a betrayer of the Greek cause. Returned to Greece 1829 and given Government post by Capodistrias."</ref> ==Biography== Thanasis Vagias was born in [[Lekël]], [[Tepelenë]].<ref>{{harvnb|Murray|1845|p=251}}.</ref> His name had become notorious because, under Ali's service, he led an attack against the village of [[Kardhiq]], near [[Gjirokaster]], modern southern [[Albania]]. As a result of this operation, hundreds of men, women and children were killed.<ref>{{harvnb|Santas|1976|p=67}}: "Thanasis Vayias, a man who allegedly led the hordes of Ali Pasha against a village of Epirus, Gardiki, resulting in the massacre of seven hundred men, women, and children."</ref> When the [[Greek War of Independence]] ended, Vagias moved to the newly founded [[Kingdom of Greece|Greek state]] and was given a government post and later acquired a pension, by the head of state of Greece, [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]].<ref name=Woodhouse/> As a native of [[Epirus]], Vagias proposed to Kapodistrias that Epirus should became part of Greece, but his plan was not accepted due to the difficult conditions the Greek revolution faced that time.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Skoulidas|first1=Ilias|title=The Relations Between the Greeks and the Albanians during the 19th Century: Political Aspirations and Visions (1875 - 1897)|journal=www.didaktorika.gr|date=2001|doi=10.12681/eadd/12856|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/12856|accessdate=4 June 2015|publisher=[[University of Ioannina]]|language=Greek|page=27|quote=... του ηπειρώτη Θανάση Βάγια ...να απελευθερώσει την Ήπειρο με τη συγκατάθεση (που δεν απέσπασε) του Καποδίστρια και τη μετάπειση των πρέσβεων των Ξένων Δυνάμεων (1827-32), κυρίως τον επηρεασμό του Ρώσου αντιπροσώπου. Οι συνθήκες δεν επέτρεψαν να καρποφορήσει αυτή η προσπάθεια.}}</ref> ==Legacy== According to various authors, Vagias was wrongly regarded as a [[treason|traitor]] of the Greek cause by various historians and authors of that period, like [[Ioannis Makrygiannis]], [[Aristotelis Valaoritis]], and [[Alexandre Dumas, père]].<ref name=Woodhouse/><ref>{{harvnb|Dumas|2008|loc=Chapter V, p. 36}}: "Fear was nearly taking the place of mercy, words of pardon were on his lips, when a certain Athanasius Vaya [Vagias], a Greek schismatic, and a favourite of the pacha's, whose illegitimate son he was supposed to be, advanced at the head of the scum of the army, and offered to carry out the death sentence."</ref><ref name=Pallis>{{harvnb|Pallis|1964|loc=Τhe Ballad-Poetry of Modern Greece, p. 67}}.</ref> Valaoritis's masterpiece was titled ''Thanasis Vagias'' after him. In this work, Vagias is presented as a traitor, who after his death returns to his home place as a [[vampire]].<ref name=Pallis/> Additionally, one of the main characters of the Greek traditional [[shadow theatre]], [[Karagiozis]], is named Thanasis Vagias, who is a servant of Ali Pasha and is portrayed as a cowardly warrior.<ref>{{harvnb|Myrsiades|1988|pp=66, 210}}.</ref> ==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist|2}} ===Sources=== {{refbegin|2}} *{{cite book|last=Dumas|first=Alexandre|title=Ali Pacha: Celebrated Crimes|location=Teddington, Middlesex|publisher=Echo Library|year=2008|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=zLYyMCH099sC|isbn=1-4068-7013-7|ref=harv}} ([http://ia331335.us.archive.org/1/items/alipacha02753gut/2753.txt Project Gutenberg EBook of Ali Pacha: Celebrated Crimes]) *{{cite book|last=Murray|first=John|title=A Hand-book for Travellers in the Ionian Islands, Greece, Turkey, Asia Minor, and Constantinople|location=London, United Kingdom|publisher=J. Murray|year=1845|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kX82AAAAMAAJ|ref=harv}} *{{cite book|last=Myrsiades|first=Linda S.|title=The Karagiozis Heroic Performance in Greek Shadow Theater|location=Hanover, New Hampshire|publisher=University Press of New England|year=1988|isbn=0-87451-429-0|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Y8lkAAAAMAAJ|ref=harv}} *{{cite book|last=Pallis|first=Alexander Anastasius|title=Greek Miscellany. A Collection of Essays on Medieval and Modern Greece|location=Athens, Greece|publisher=Pallis|year=1964|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=c30JAQAAIAAJ|ref=harv}} ([http://www.myriobiblos.gr/texts/english/pallis_The_Ballad3.htm Myriobiblos - Τhe Ballad-Poetry of Modern Greece]) *{{cite book|last=Santas|first=Constantine|title=Aristotelis Valaoritis|location=Boston, Massachusetts|publisher=Twayne Publishers|year=1976|url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=87hXT-6FI6Tx0gHEg4XjDw&id=6vA3AAAAIAAJ|isbn=978-0-8057-6246-4|ref=harv}} *{{cite book|last1=Woodhouse|first1=C. M.|last2=Lidderdale|first2=H. A.|last3=Makriyannis|first3=Ioannes|title=The Memoirs of General Makriyannis, 1797-1864|location=New York, New York and London, United Kingdom|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1966|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=tycqAAAAYAAJ|ref=harv}} {{refend|2}} ==External links== *[http://el.wikisource.org/wiki/Θανάσης_Βάγιας Θανάσης Βάγιας] (Greek) Thanasis Vagias, by A. Valaoritis. *[http://srv-web1.parliament.gr/display_doc.asp?item=41180&seg=8274 ''Χρήστου Δάλλα, Ιστορικαί σελίδες'' at ''Εθνικόν Ημερολόγιον Σκόκου 1912'', Vol. 27, 1912, p. 340 - 351.] (Greek) A survey about Vagias ( includes a Vagias' letter to the notables of [[Delvinaki]] ), by C. Dallas. {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Vagias, Thanasis | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = Greek counselor | DATE OF BIRTH = 1765 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = 1834 | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Vagias, Thanasis}} [[Category:1765 births]] [[Category:1834 deaths]] [[Category:People from Tepelenë]] [[Category:Northern Epirotes]] [[Category:19th-century Greek people]]'