title: The Apotheosis of Athanasios Diakos
text: # The Apotheosis of Athanasios Diakos
  
  The Apotheosis of Athanasios Diakos (Greek: Αποθέωση του Αθανασίου Διάκου) is an oil painting by Konstantinos Parthenis created in 1933.
  
  ## Description
  
  The oil painting has dimensions 380 x 380 centimeters. It is exhibited at the National Gallery of Greece.
  
  ## Theme
  
  Athanasios Diakos was a freedom fighter for Greek independence, who was executed by the Ottoman Empire by impalement following the Battle of Alamana.
  
  ## Analysis
  
  The painting shows a secular subject in a religious composition, with a cubist style.
  
  