Tachydromos tis Anatolis
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Tachydromos tis Anatolis (Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

: Ταχυδρόμος της Ανατολής, English
English language
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: Eastern Post) was a newspaper
Newspaper
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 that was published in Patras
Patras
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 in the Achaea
Achaea
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 prefecture
Prefectures of Greece
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 in Greece
Greece
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. It was published between 1828 and 1829 during the final years of the Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...

. It was published by E. Manzar, a French
France
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 historian who was the strategic body of Maison (in which is probably a street named Maizonos is named after. and in 1828, they were founded together in Patras. The newspaper was written in the French language
French language
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and served French readers and soldiers. In April, 1929, Manzar left the city and it stopped publishing the paper. It also received information from Greece.
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