Grigoris Afxentiou was a Greek insurgent leader from Cyprus who led campaigns against the British colonial government as a member of EOKA. He was second-in-command to general Georgios Grivas and used the pseudonym Zidros. On 3 March 1957, after a Cypriot informant had betrayed his location, British forces surrounded Afxentiou outside his secret hideout near the Macheras Monastery. At the time, inside the hideout were Afxentiou and four fellow guerrilla fighters. Realizing he was outnumbered, Afxentiou ordered his comrades to surrender but stayed behind to fight to the death. The British forces asked Afxentiou to surrender his arms but he replied "come and take them", quoting King Leonidas of Sparta. Unable to flush him out and after sustaining casualties, the British forces resorted to pouring petrol into his hideout and lighting it, killing him. In fear of a popular uprising, the British buried his body at the Imprisoned Graves in the yard of the Central Jail of Lefkosia, where he remained interred to this day.
Song's Greek title: Εις του Μαχαιρά τα όρη
Негізгі бет Greek song about Gregory Afxentiou - At Macheras mountain [English subs] Εις του Μαχαιρά τα όρη
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