Athanasios Diakos
General Athanasios Diakos Αθανάσιος Διάκος | |
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Portrait by Dionysios Tsokos | |
| Native name | Αθανάσιος Νικόλαος Μασσαβέτας |
| Birth name | Athanasios Nikolaos Massavetas |
| Nickname(s) | Diakos (Deacon) Διάκος |
| Born | 1788 or 1791 Ano Mousounitsa or Artotina, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
| Died | 24 April 1821 (aged 30 or 33) Lamia, Ottoman Empire (now Greece) |
| Allegiance | Revolutionary Greece |
| Branch | Hellenic Army |
| Years of service | 1821 |
| Rank | General (posthumously) |
| Commands | Commander of his armed band |
| Wars | |
| Memorials | Athanasios Diakos (village) and others |
| Other work | Monk Member of the Filiki Etaireia |
Athanasios Nikolaos Massavetas or Grammatikos (Greek: Αθανάσιος Νικόλαος Μασσαβέτας-Γραμματικός; 1788 – 24 April 1821) also known as Athanasios Diakos (Greek: Αθανάσιος Διάκος) was a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence, considered a venerable national hero in Greece.