Giannis Gouras

(Parnassida Fokida, 1791- Athens, 1826): Revolutionary chieftain. At a young age he served in the armed force of the armatolos  Odysseas Androutsos. He took part in many battles and was appointed commandant of the Acropolis as well as head of the “Military camps of Eastern Greece”. He was actively involved in the second civil war, pursuing Androutsos, whose murder he is thought to have been responsible for. He was killed in 1826 by Kioutachis, during the siege of the Acropolis.