The first appearance of the partisans organised by Klaras occurred on June 7, 1942 in the village of Domnista in Evrytania in Central Greece.
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There he presented himself as Major of Artillery (for gaining extra prestige among the villagers) with the nom de guerre of Aris Velouchiotis (from Ares, the Greek god of war, and Velouchi, a local mountain) and proclaimed the existence of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS).
Aris | ARIS | The oil painting "The sortie of ''Aris''", by Konstantinos Volanakis | Pro aris et focis | Aris T. Allen | Aris's Birmingham Gazette | Aris Kalaizis |