#greek sexywomen of tumblr

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And the ultimate winner of the greek sexy/iconic woman™ is

Laskarina Bouboulina

Thank you all for participating <3

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FINAL ROUND

Sappho is known for her lyric poetry and was regarded as on of the greatest lyricists of ancient Greece. She is regarded as the symbol of women loving women, with the words "sapphic" and "lesbian"deriving from her name and home island.

Laskarina Bouboulina was Greek naval commander and heroine of the Greek War of Independence (1821). Considered the first woman in Greece to gain the rank of admiral

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ROUND THREE

Our second pair to tie last round! Let's see who wins this time

Melina Merkouri was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She received an Academy Award nomination and won a Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Award. She was also nominated for one Tony Award, three Golden Globes and two BAFTA Awards. In October 1981, Mercouri became the first female Minister of Culture and Sports.

Maybe is a Welsh-Greek singer and songwriter, previously known as Marina and the Diamonds. She has had several successful albums.

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ROUND ONE

Sappho is an ancient greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Lesbian love is associated with her

Medusa in ancient greek myth was a gorgon with snake hair who could turn people to stone by looking at them

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ROUND THREE

Arleta was a Greek singer from 1966-2017

Laskarina Bouboulina was Greek naval commander and heroine of the Greek War of Independence (1821). Considered the first woman in Greece to gain the rank of admiral

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ROUND THREE

Sappho is known for her lyric poetry and was regarded as on of the greatest lyricists of ancient Greece. She is regarded as the symbol of women loving women, with the words "sapphic" and "lesbian"deriving from her name and home island.

Xena is the protagonist of the TV show Xena: Warrior Princess. She is a warrior on a quest to get redemption for her past wrongdoings by defending those in need.

These two tied last time (we have two pairs who have tied this round 😅) so here's to the lesbian icon rematch

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ROUND ONE

Eleni Menegaki presents her own tv talk show. She has been active in the business since 1991. She has acted and guest stared in a few other greek shows.

Eleutheria Karadimou is a greek amateur writer, director, scriptwriter, lyrist and actress. She makes her own series that have been broadcasted on TV, though recently most are uploaded on her YouTube channel.

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ROUND TWO

It worked! Unfortunate that the text is now part of the picture, I'll try to fix that in the next ones

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OK we are actually doing this! Here I have listed the contestants of the greek tumblr sexywomen poll, complementary to @sugaroto 's sexyman polls. This polls is more accurately the "greek iconicwomen of tumblr" lol. I will be updating this list and providing links when a new poll is posted

Round 1

Aliki Vougiouklaki (old actress) vs Aggela Ioakimidou (tv show: Στο Παρά Πέντε/ In the Nick of Time)

Aspasia (Pericles' wife but great in her own way) vs Vicky Kaya (tv presenter)

Sappho (poet) vs Medusa (mythical gorgon)

Xena (tv show: Xena: Warrior Princess) vs Katerina Sakelaropoulou (judge/greek president)

Eleni Vlachaki (tv show: Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης/Konstantinou and Eleni's) vs Maria Solomou (actress)

ZoePre (YouTuber/podcast host) vs Zoumpoulia Abadjidou (tv show: Στο Παρά Πέντε/ In the Nick of Time)

Matina Mantarinaki (tv show: Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης/Konstantinou and Eleni's) vs Σαββατογεννημένες/ Women-born -on-Saturday (tv show cast) (yes I am putting them all as one entry 'cause we couldn't decide)

Aglaia Karagiozi (shadow puppet theater) vs Aglaia (tv show: Το Καφέ της Χαράς/ Hara's Caffe)

Eleni Foureira (singer) vs Sophia Hadjipanteli (part of the GNTM jury)

Amalia Antonopoulou (tv show: Στο Παρά Πέντε/ In the Nick of Time) vs Sophia Laskaridou (painter)

Eleni Menegaki (tv presenter) vs Eleutheria Karadimou (goddess amateur author, director, screenwriter, actress ect)

Arleta (singer) vs Maria Lekaki (actress)

Mimi Denissi (actress) vs Empress Theodora (byzantium empress)

Katerina Lehou (actress) vs Laskarina Bouboulina (greek independence fighter)

Mascot of Papadopoulou biscuits vs mascot of Nounou milk (greek enough i think?)

Soso (tv show: Εγκλήματα/ Crimes) vs Vicky Georgiou (tv show: Ευτιχισμένοι Μαζί/ Happy Together)

Jenny Karezi (old actress) vs Christina Markatou (tv show: Dolce Vita)

Angeliki Nikolouli (tv presenter, researcher about crime cases) vs the head builder's wife (character in the Bridge of Arta story)

Bessy Argyraki (singer) vs Manto Maurogenous (greek indepence fighter)

Vefa Alexiadou (tv presenter/food specialist) vs Hypatia of Alexandria (philosopher, astronomer, mathematician)

Petroula Kostidou vs Sofia Vempo (old singer/actress)

Maria Callas (singer) vs Helen of Troy (mainly the Illiad)

Penelope Delta (author) vs Melina Merkouri (old actress/activist/politician)

Marina Diamandis vs Rena Vlahopoulou

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ROUND TWO

Theodora was a Byzantine empress and Justinian's wife, acting at one of his advisors. She held an important role during the Nika riots.

Laskarina Bouboulina was Greek naval commander and heroine of the Greek War of Independence (1821). Considered the first woman in Greece to gain the rank of admiral

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ROUND 4

Sappho is known for her lyric poetry and was regarded as on of the greatest lyricists of ancient Greece. She is regarded as the symbol of women loving women, with the words "sapphic" and "lesbian"deriving from her name and home island.

Sofia Laskaridou was a greek painter who fought for the rights of women in arts. She was the first woman allowed to enter the Athens School of Arts, after a debate with the then king of Greece.

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ROUND THREE

Hypatia of Alexandria was a philosopher, astronomer, mathematician and taught in the neoplatonic school of Alexandria.

Maria Callas was (and is) one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She was born in New York to a greek family and had her musical education in Greece.

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ROUND 5

Aspasia was the Athenian politician Pericles' wife, it is theorised she may have influenced the political world through her relationship with him. Unfortunately not much is known about her life.

Sappho is known for her lyric poetry and was regarded as on of the greatest lyricists of ancient Greece. She is regarded as the symbol of women loving women, with the words "sapphic" and "lesbian"deriving from her name and home island.

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ROUND ONE

Marina Diamandis is a Welsh-Greek singer and songwriter.

Rena Vlahopoulou was an actress in theater and cinema, as well as a singer. She stared in many movies that grew to be successes in the country.

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ROUND ONE

Matina Mantarinaki is from the tv show Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης/Konstantinou and Eleni's. She is a neighbour of the main characters who is in love with Konstantinos and is great at cooking.

I was obligated to put the main characters of the show Σαββατογεννημένες/ Saturday-born women together because you just can't pit them against each other. Three women move in with their ex-husband, who suffered from amnesia before getting the money he won in the jackpot. They hope to help him remember so they can get the money for themselves.

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ROUND ONE

Eleni Vlachaki is one of the main characters of the tv show Konstantinou and Eleni's (Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης). She is a bar woman and girlboss icon

Maria Solomou is an actress, known mainly for her roles in Απόσταση Αναπνοής and Singles