Petros (pelican) given the name "Petros". Petros (pelican) Petros was a great white pelican. It was the official mascot of the Greek island of Mykonos. In 1958, a wounded pelican was found off the coast of Mykonos by a local fisherman. The pelican was nursed to health and remained on the island supported by locals. It soon adopted the name "Petros", as a joke among locals, as "petro" in Greek means "rock" or "stone", but metaphorically "old and grumpy". Petros was hit and killed by a car in December 1985. Subsequently, three new pelicans took up residence around the main town of
Petros Soumilas he commanded during the collapse and retreat of the Greek army from Anatolia in August 1922. Following the outbreak of the Venizelist-led September 1922 Revolution among the surviving Army units, he was dismissed from service on 17 October 1922 (O.S.). He testified in the Trial of the Six. Petros Soumilas Petros Soumilas or Soumilis () was a Greek Army officer who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. He was born in Leucas (then under British rule) on 1 January 1861 (O.S.). He joined the Hellenic Army on 2 August 1882 (O.S.), and later enrolled in the NCO School, from where