Remembered as a pioneer of the Greek War of Independence and national hero, who was executed in 1798?
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Correct answer: D. Rigas Feraios
- Step 1: A victim of the Balkan uprising against the Ottoman Empire and a pioneer of the Greek War of Independence, Rigas Feraios is today remembered as a national hero in Greece. Answer: Rigas Feraios. Why not the others: "Adamantios Korais" promoted the Greek Enlightenment and linguistic purification from Paris rather than militant verse; "Eugenios Voulgaris" was an 18th-century Enlightenment scholar and philosopher who served Catherine the Great; "Dionysios Solomos" wrote the Hymn to Liberty on Zakynthos in 1823 after the outbreak of the revolution.
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