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Letter by the Philomuse Society of Athens
Philomuse Society or Philomousos Society (Greek: Φιλόμουσος Εταιρεία, romanized: Filomousos Etaireia, lit. 'Society of Friends of the Muses') was the name of two philological organizations founded during the period of Ottoman rule over Greece before the 1821 Greek Revolution, with the aim of educating the Greeks and promoting philhellenism. These organizations were:
the Philomuse Society of Athens, founded by Athenian town elders in 1813 with the help of the English, and
the Philomuse Society of Vienna, founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1814, under the aegis of Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
These societies were founded in the wake of the fall of Napoleon's mastery over Europe. The Western-educated Greeks, many of whom had been seized by the spirit of the French Revolution, had invested great hopes in Napoleon, whom they expected to support their aim for independence. Their foundation was part of a wider cultural awakening ("Modern Greek Enlightenment") and a reaction to news of destruction of Greek antiquities by the ignorant population, as well as to calls by pamphlets like the Hellenic Nomarchy to the Greeks to rely on their own strength rather than await foreign assistance.
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Ioannis Kapodistrias
Family
Antonios Maria Kapodistrias
Augustinos Kapodistrias
Viaros Kapodistrias
Maria Desylla Kapodistria
Politics
Greek independence
Liberalism
Conservatism
Statism
Agrarianism
Greek expansion
Russian Party
Eastern Orthodoxy
Events and Treaties
Napoleonic Wars
Republican French rule in the Ionian Islands
Septinsular Republic
Imperial French rule in the Ionian Islands
Congress of Vienna
United States of the Ionian Islands
Restoration and Regeneration in Switzerland
Federal Treaty
Congress of Troppau
Congress of Laibach
Greek War of Independence
Congress of Verona
Third National Assembly at Troezen
Battle of Navarino
Treaty of London (1827)
Chios expedition
Conference of Poros
Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)
London Protocol (1828)
Morea expedition
Fourth National Assembly at Argos
Battle of Petra
London Protocol (1829)
Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
London Protocol (1830)
Hydriot rebellion
Government/Support
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Demetrios Ypsilantis
Filiki Eteria
Konstantinos Kanaris
Andreas Metaxas
Dimitrios Kallergis
Panagiotis Rodios
Stamatis Voulgaris
Andreas Moustoxydis
Jean-Gabriel Eynard
Georgios Stavros
Ioannis Papafis
Ioannis Dombolis
Russian Empire
Establishments
Philomuse Society of Vienna
Hellenic State (1828–1832)
Interim Greek civil code (Hexabiblos)
Panellinion
Greek Senate
Phoenix (currency)
Hellenic Army
Hellenic Navy
Hellenic Military Academy
Archaeological Museum of Aegina
National Archaeological Museum
National Library of Greece
Remembrance
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Kapodistria Square
Corfu International Airport
Kapodistrias Museum
Kapodistrias reform
Kapodistria Square (Koper)
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Greek War of Independence (1821–1829)
Background
Ottoman Greece
People
Armatoles
Proestoi
Klephts
Dionysius the Philosopher
Daskalogiannis
Panagiotis Benakis
Nikolaos Galatis
Konstantinos Kolokotronis
Lambros Katsonis
Cosmas of Aetolia
Ali Pasha
Maniots
Phanariots
Rum Millet
Souliotes
Gregory V of Constantinople
Events
Orlov Revolt
Souliote War (1789–1793)
Souliote War (1803)
Greek Enlightenment
People
John Caradja
Athanasios Christopoulos
Theoklitos Farmakidis
Rigas Feraios
Anthimos Gazis
Theophilos Kairis
Adamantios Korais
Eugenios Voulgaris
Organizations
Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio
Filiki Eteria
Nikolaos Skoufas
Athanasios Tsakalov
Emmanuil Xanthos
Panagiotis Anagnostopoulos
Philomuse Society
Society of the Phoenix
Publications
Adelphiki Didaskalia
Asma Polemistirion
Hellenic Nomarchy
Pamphlet of Rigas Feraios
Salpisma Polemistirion
Thourios or Patriotic hymn
European intervention and Greek involvement in the Napoleonic Wars
Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
Greek Plan of Catherine the Great
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars
Fall of the Republic of Venice
Republican French rule in the Ionian Islands
Septinsular Republic
Greek Legion
Imperial French rule in the Ionian Islands
Albanian Regiment
Adriatic campaign of 1807–1814
1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry
United States of the Ionian Islands
Ideas
Greek nationalism
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Liberalism
Constitutionalism
Monarchism
Events
Sieges
Patras
Salona
Navarino
Livadeia
1st Acropolis
Tripolitsa
Arta
Acrocorinth
Nauplia
1st Messolonghi
2nd Messolonghi
3rd Messolonghi
2nd Acropolis
Battles
Kalamata
Wallachian uprising
Alamana
Gravia
Valtetsi
Doliana
Lalas
Vasilika
Drăgășani
Sculeni
Vasilika
Trench
Peta
Dervenakia
Karpenisi
Greek civil wars
Sphacteria
Maniaki
Morea
Lerna Mills
Mani
Distomo
Arachova
Kamatero
Phaleron
Chios expedition
Martino
Koronisia
Petra
Massacres
Constantinople
Thessaloniki
Navarino
Tripolitsa
Naousa
Samothrace
Chios
Psara
Kasos
Cyprus
Naval conflicts
Eresos
Chios
Nauplia
Samos
Andros
Sphacteria
Gerontas
Souda
Alexandria
Volos
Itea
Navarino
Ships
Agamemnon
Aris
Hellas
Karteria
Greek regional councils and statutes
Messenian Senate
Directorate of Achaea
Peloponnesian Senate
Senate of Western Continental Greece
Areopagus of Eastern Continental Greece
Provisional Regime of Crete
Military-Political System of Samos
Greek national assemblies
First (Epidaurus) (Executive of 1822)
Second (Astros)
Third (Troezen)
Fourth (Argos)
Fifth (Nafplion)
International Conferences, treaties and protocols
Congress of Laibach
Congress of Verona
Protocol of St. Petersburg (1826)
Treaty of London
Conference of Poros
London Protocol of 1828
London Protocol of 1829
Treaty of Adrianople
London Protocol of 1830
London Conference
Treaty of Constantinople
Related
Greek expedition to Syria (1825)
Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)
Personalities
Greece
Chian Committee
Odysseas Androutsos
Fotos Bomporis
Kostas Botsaris
Markos Botsaris
Notis Botsaris
Tousias Botsaris
Laskarina Bouboulina
Constantin Denis Bourbaki
Stefanos Chalis
Sotiris Charalampis
Giannis Chondrogiannis
Dimitrios Christidis
Panagiotis Danglis
Hatzimichalis Dalianis
Dimitrios Deligeorgis
Dimitrakis Deligiannis
Kanellos Deligiannis
Athanasios Diakos
Dionysis Diakos
Konstantinos Dimidis
Ioannis Dimoulitsas
Adam Doukas
Georgios Drakos
Yiannis Dyovouniotis
Georgios Filippopoulos
Asimakis Fotilas
Panagiotakis Fotilas
Angelis Gatsos
Antonios Georgantas
Germanos III of Old Patras
Georgios Gevidis
Konstantinos Gofas
Vasileios Goudas
Ioannis Gouras
Dimitrios Gouvelis
Konstantinos Gouvelis
Angelis Govios
Dimitrios Indares
Isaiah of Salona
Antonios Kalamogdartis
George Kalaras
Dimitrios Kallergis
Athanasios Kampetis
Athanasios Kanakaris
Konstantinos Kanaris
Stefanos Kanellos
Ioannis Kapodistrias
Viaros Kapodistrias
Stamatios Kapsas
Georgakis Kapsokalyvas
Anastasios Karatasos
Panagiotis Karatzas
Georgios Karaiskakis
Aristeidis Karnalis
Nikolaos Kasomoulis
Ioannis Kolettis
Apostolis Kolokotronis
Ioannis Kolokotronis
Panos Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
Michail Komninos Afentoulief
Alexandros Kontostavlos
Panos Koronaios
Georgios Kountouriotis
Lazaros Kountouriotis
Michalis Kourmoulis
Ioannis Krestenitis
Lykourgos Krestenitis
Stamatis Krestenitis
Antonios Kriezis
Nikolaos Kriezotis
Kyprianos of Cyprus
Konstantinos Lagoumitzis
Georgios Lassanis
Georgios Lechouritis
Leonardos Leonardopoulos
Georgios Liologlou
Lykourgos Logothetis
Andreas Londos
Yiannis Makriyiannis
Ioannis Mamouris
Anastasios Manakis
Manto Mavrogenous
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
Antonios Mavromichalis
Demetrios Mavromichalis
Georgios Mavromichalis
Konstantinos Mavromichalis
Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis
Petrobey Mavromichalis
Dimitrios Meletopoulos
Andreas Metaxas
Konstantinos Metaxas
Hatzigiannis Mexis
Andreas Miaoulis
Antonios Miaoulis
Panagiotis Michanidis
Spyros Milios
Nikolaos Mykonios
Zachos Milios
Alexander Negris
Konstantinos Negris
Theodoros Negris
Diamantis Nikolaou
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos
Ioannis Notaras
Antonis Oikonomou
Ioannis Orlandos
Andronikos Paikos
Georgios Panou
Dimitrios Panourgias
Nakos Panourgias
Grigorios Papaflessas
Anagnostis Papageorgiou
Dimitrios Papanikolis
Emmanouel Pappas
Christoforos Perraivos
Nikolaos Petimezas
Vasileios Petimezas
Dionysios Petrakis
Andreas Pipinos
Kyriakos Pittakis
Anastasios Polyzoidis
Konstantinos Rados
Ioannis Rangos
Panagiotis Rodios
Dionysios Romas
Georgios Sachtouris
Georgios Sekeris
Theofanis Siatisteus
Georgios Sisinis
Ioannis Skandalidis
Zisis Sotiriou
Nikitas Stamatelopoulos
Georgios Stavros
Joseph Stephanini
Ioannis Stratos
Sotirios Theocharopoulos
Zafeirakis Theodosiou
Emmanouil Tombazis
Iakovos Tombazis
Ioannis Trikoupis
Anastasios Tsamados
Melchisedek Tsouderos
Kitsos Tzavellas
Theodoros Tzinis
Loukas Vagias
Thanasoulas Valtinos
Dimitrios Varis
Meletis Vasileiou
Domna Visvizi
Alexakis Vlachopoulos
Konstantinos Vlachopoulos
Pieros Voidis
Liolios Xirolivaditis
Demetrios Ypsilantis
Christoforos Zachariadis
Andreas Zaimis
Germanos Zapheiropoulos
Evangelos Zappas
Marigo Zarafopoula
Nikolaos Zervas
Philhellenes
António Figueira d'Almeida
Joseph Balestra
Samuel Barff
Paul Marie Bonaparte
Karl Rudolf Brommy
Lord Byron
François-René de Chateaubriand
Richard Church
Giuseppe Chiappe
Lord Cochrane
Giacinto Collegno
Charles Fabvier
Adam Friedel
Vincenzo Gallina
Thomas Gordon
Constantin Guys
Emmanuel Han
Frank Abney Hastings
Carl von Heideck
Samuel Gridley Howe
George Jarvis
Karl Krazeisen
Henrik Nikolai Krøyer
Ludwig I of Bavaria
Ernst Michael Mangel
Sophie de Marbois-Lebrun, Duchess of Plaisance
Vasos Mavrovouniotis
Johann Jakob Meyer
Ellinika Chronika
Jonathan Miller
Julius Michael Millingen
August Myhrberg
Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels
Hadži-Prodan
Maurice Persat
Theobald Piscatory
Maxime Raybaud
Auguste Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély
Giuseppe Rosaroll
Annibale Santorre di Rossi de Pomarolo, Count of Santarosa
Friedrich Thiersch
Auguste Hilarion Touret
Edward John Trelawny
German Legion [el]
Serbs
David Urquhart
Olivier Voutier
James Jakob Williams
Moldavia and Wallachia (Danubian Principalities) Sacred Band
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