The Legend of Liaroutsena   Excerpt from the book   MANTHYREA (Kapareli, Garouni, Dara)   The history of a village of Tegeas in Arkadia   By Dionysiou V. Heliopoulou   Published 1992, Aivali Publications, Athens   “Published with the author's own supervision and expense and shall be distributed free of charge to all those who wish to read it.   To all the families of the Manthryreans here, but especially to the expatriates so that this may be a link to the birthplace and their glorious homeland, both for themselves and for their expatriates, and their descendants.”   -----   Translation of excerpts from pages 56 - 57 by ChatGPT – original Greek text follows the translation.   Page 56   During that time, around 1870, the residents of Kapareli, Garouni, Ntara, etc., were struck by the rampant disease of smallpox, which had been present in our country for years and appeared at times with e...