"White stele, on the place you fell, let it stand. That you fell to not be written. White with the Homeland's icon. Only this is suitable to mourn your death; white, marbled, and to mourn."
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Epigram by poet Kostis Palamas for Dragoumis' death.
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Ion Dragoumis
Ion Dragoumis (September 14, 1878 β July 31, 1920) was a Greek politician, diplomat, intellectual and writer.
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