“Rigas found that his time was mature. Of course he put all his efforts in it – and he was not the only one to do so – to “enlighten and raise the awareness of enslaved Greeks; however, developments were fast and caught up with him. Enlightening the Nation, a long-term plan for raising national conscious, which would normally require entire generations to be sacrificed preaching it, was suddenly moving to the background and was put aside for the moment to fasten and prioritise the resurrection of the Nation!» (p. 136)

“THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC” of Rigas remained a dream, which often fired the hearts of the descendents. […] The efforts of Rigas, which was no doubt above nations, should be strictly seen within its time, in order to be interpreted correctly. Its time, tradition and the ideological context where Rigas lived incubated the desires and the beliefs from which the vision of the “Hellenic Republic” emerged. Three sources mainly irrigate the ground where the noble fruit of Romiosini (Hellenism) grew: the Byzantine tradition, the glory of the classical ancestors and the modern ideas of revolutionary France”. (p.  141)

 “Thourios” is not a marching song. It is a revolutionary manifesto, a trumpet call to revolt and a muster call of armed forces, but mainly a plan of independence and political inculcation. Virtually, it does not preach but it proclaims the revolution. It seeks to demonstrate the need for the uprising and to prepare the minds. It is of course in verse and it is sung, and thus it is easily disseminated by word of mouth, it echoes deep in the hearts, evokes, inspires and carries away. It speaks the passionate language of a masterpiece and every now and then it is uplifted to lyric outbursts of grandeur and passion. However, its foundations do not cease to be a proclamation that unfolds a plan, a project of political enlightenment and of political inculcation. A natural extension of the other works of Rigas and the climax of the efforts to make the nation to revolt. After this, there is nothing else to do but to organize the forces and the armed revolt…”. (p.  72)