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==Early life==
[[File:Androutsos house Preveza 2008.jpg|thumb|The house of Androutsos's father in [[Preveza]] (2008).]]
Androutsos born in [[Ithaca (island)|Ithaca]] between 1788 and 1790.<ref name="Στάθης 2003 8">{{harvnb|Στάθης|2003|p=8}}</ref> His father was Andreas Verousis ({{lang-el|Ανδρέας Βερούσης}}, {{lang-sq|Andruc Verushi}}),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grillo |first=Dhimitër |title=Arvanitët dhe shqiptarët në luftën çlirimtare të popullit grek |publisher=Indiana University |year=2003 |isbn=9789992716748 |pages=62 |language=Sq}}</ref>
Odysseas did not get to know his father, who was captured in 1792 and committed to an Ottoman jail, where he died.<ref name="Στάθης 2003 9"/> He was raised by his mother's family of wealthy ''notables'' from [[Preveza]], who also moved in [[Lefkada]] and [[Ithaki]].<ref name="Στάθης 2003 9"/> In the [[Ionian islands]], ruled by Western powers at the time, he grew up in a social environment that received [[modernity|modern]] ideas, including the reevaluation of [[ancient Greece|Greek antiquity]] by Greek Enlightenment scholars.<ref>{{harvnb|Στάθης|2003|pp=9}}</ref> After his mother's family participated in the failed defense of Preveza against the attack of Ali Pasha in 1798, they sought refuge to Lefkada, where Odysseas was raised for two years along with future poet [[Ioannis Zambelios]].<ref>{{harvnb|Στάθης|2003|pp=10, 9}}</ref>
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