Background
Soutsos was born in Istanbul in 1803 from Chian parentage.
Soutsos was born in Istanbul in 1803 from Chian parentage.
Soutsos studied in Chios, where he spent his formative years.
He founded the Greek Romantic school of poetry. At the time of the Greek Revolution, he was a young, liberal partisan. He wrote poems to encourage the insurgents.
Later he moved to Paris, where he was influenced by the liberal philosophies of the French intellectuals.
His major work of prose was the Exóristos (The Exile). He was an admirer of Lord Byron.
Whose inspiration prompted Soutsos to try to emulate him. In spite of his lack of artistic respect, he was admired by many of his contemporaries the Greek people admired him for his dedication to freedom, and for his liberal philosophies.
lieutenant was Panagiotis Soutsos who first made mention of a revival of the Olympic Games in his poetry Dialogue of the Dead in 1833.