# Iraklis Patikas

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Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle

Kapetan (Chieftain) Iraklis Patikas Patikas c. 1904-1908 Native name Ηρακλής Πατίκας Nickname Kapetan Iraklis (Καπετάν Ηρακλής) Born c. 1870s Vasilika, Salonika Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) Allegiance Kingdom of Greece Branch HMC Conflicts Macedonian Struggle

**Iraklis Patikas** ([Greek](/source/Greek_language): Ηρακλής Πατίκας), known as well with his nickname **Kapetan Iraklis**, was a significant [Greek](/source/Greeks) chieftain of the [Macedonian Struggle](/source/Macedonian_Struggle).

## Biography

Iraklis Patikas with his armed group.

Patikas was born in the 1870s in [Vasilika](/source/Vasilika%2C_Thessaloniki) of [Thessaloniki](/source/Thessaloniki_(regional_unit)). Initially, he served as a soldier in armed groups operating in the areas of [Thermi](/source/Thermi), [Langadas](/source/Langadas) and [Polygyros](/source/Polygyros), against the [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarians) [komitadjis](/source/Komitadji) who were trying to penetrate this geographical area, but also against the [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Empire) authorities. He soon emerged to a great chieftain who acted autonomously in the same areas. In the spring of 1908, he collaborated with the officers Ar. Kois, P. Papatzaneteas, D. Galanopoulos and D. Kourtzis, as well as with chieftain Georgios Vlachos, a local of [Chalkidiki](/source/Chalkidiki). In June of that year, he defeated a Bulgarian attack in [Arnaia](/source/Arnaia). With the [revolution](/source/Young_Turk_revolution) of the [Young Turks](/source/Young_Turks) and the general amnesty that they gave, he returned to his home town, just like the rest of his cooperators.

In 1916, with the outbreak of the [National Defense coup d'état](/source/National_Defence_coup_d'%C3%A9tat), the family of Patikas was expelled by the [Venizelist](/source/Venizelist) forces, who, after destroying the property of his family, also pursued him, forcing him to escape in order to avoid imprisonment.

## Sources

- [*Εφημερίδα:* Άποψη *και όχι μόνο*, τεύχος 9, Ιούνιος 2010, Η άποψη της Δ.Ο. ΠΑΣΟΚ Βασιλικών για την ονομασία του νέου Καλλικράτειου ∆ήμου Βασιλικών - Θέρμης - Μίκρας](http://www.apopsinews.gr/APOPSI_TEYXOS09.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130307031150/http://www.apopsinews.gr/APOPSI_TEYXOS09.pdf) 2013-03-07 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [Παλαιοχώρι Χαλκιδικής, Η ωμότητες των Βενιζελικών στη Χαλκιδική](https://archive.today/20130630030532/http://palaiochori.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=282&Itemid=37)

- Konstantinos A. Vakalopoulos, *Ο ένοπλος αγώνας στη Μακεδονία 1904-1908*, Irodotos, Thessaloniki, 1999, p. 325

v t e Hellenic Macedonian Committee Macedonian Committee Ion Dragoumis Stefanos Dragoumis Dimitrios Kalapothakis Germanos Karavangelis Pavlos Melas Georgios Pentzikis Makedonomachoi (with nom de guerre) Theodoros Adam Sarantis-Tellos Agapinos (Agras) Michail Anagnostakos (Matapas) Charalambos Boufidis (Fourtounas) Theodoros Boulasikis Ioannis Boubaras Antigonos Choleris Petros Christou Konstantinos Christou (Kottas) Nikolaos Dailakis Panagiotis Danglis (Parmenion) Stergios Daoutis (Perifanos) Nikolaos Davelis Ioannis Demertzis Ioannis Demestichas (Nikiforos) Christos Dogiamas (Itsos) Dimitrios Dogiamas (Bikas) Lazos Dogiamas (Barovitsalis) Konstantinos Dogras Georgios Doitsinis Nikolaos Doumpiotis (Amyntas) Periklis Drakos Ioannis Evaggelopoulos Doukas Gaitatzis (Zervas) Konstantinos Garefis Dimitrios Golnas Nikolaos Gousios Stergios Goutas Pavlos Gyparis Petros Hatzitasis Simos Ioannidis (Armenskiotis) Georgios Kakoulidis (Dragas) Nikostratos Kalomenopoulos (Nidas) Pantelis Kandilas Efthymios Kaoudis (Old Kaoudis) Filippos Kapetanopoulos Georgios Karaiskakis Ioannis Karavitis Georgios Katechakis (Rouvas) Dimitrios Kechagias (Dalipis) Nikolaos Kollias Georgios Kondylis Alexandros Kontoulis (Skourtis) Stavros Kotsopoulos (Banitsiotis) Evangelos Koukoudeas Theodoros Koukoulakis Georgios Koutles Pavlos Kyrou Dimitrios Lalas Georgios Lepidatos (Arkoudas) Traianos Liantzakis (Traikos) Nikolaos Manos Konstantinos Manos (Michailidis) Petros Manos (Vergos) Ioannis Martzios Apostolis Matopoulos Konstantinos Mazarakis-Ainian (Akritas) Pavlos Melas (Mikis Zezas) Alexandros Merentitis (Doukas) Georgios Modis Evangelos Natsis (Srebreniotis) Pavlos Nikolaidis (Rakovitis) Alexandros Othonaios (Palamidis) Markos Palamidis Pantelis Papaioannou (Nikotsaras) Konstantinos Papastavrou (Mavromatis) Iraklis Patikas Filolaos Pichion (Filotas) Nikolaos Pyrzas (Lakis) Stavros Rigas (Kavodoros) Nikolaos Rokas (Kolios) Michail Sapkas Dimitrios Sarros Georgios Savvas Georgios Seridis (Spanos) Ioannis Simanikas Michael Sionidis Konstantinos Sorros (Kallas) Georgios Soulios Spyros Spyromilios (Bouas) Dimitrios Stagas (Mizas) Athanasios Stavroudis Christos Stogiannidis (Lilis or Iason) Markos Theodoridis Georgios Thomopoulos (Gogos) Georgios Tombras (Roupakias) Ioannis Tsangaridis Lazaros Tsamis Dimitrios Tsapanos Nikolaos Tsipouras Dimitrios Tsitsimis Christos Tsolakopoulos (Rembelos) Georgios Tsontos (Vardas) Lazaros Varzis (Zarkadas) Zisis Verros Ioannis Villioglou (Ramnalis) Stergios Vlachveis Argyrios Vouzas Zisis Vrakas Georgios Yiotas (Gonos) Antonios Zois Consular officials & undercover agents Ion Dragoumis Athanasios Exadaktylos (Antoniou) Lambros Koromilas Spyridon Levidis Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian (Ioannidis) Anastasios Pichion Ptolemaios Sarigiannis (Kalamidis) Museums Museum for the Macedonian Struggle (Thessaloniki) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Kastoria) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Chromio) Museum of the Macedonian Struggle (Skopje) Folklore Museum of Giannitsa Pavlos Melas Museum Captain Kottas Museum

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