Filiki Eteria

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Filiki Eteria was a secret Greek revolutionary society founded in the early 19th century that organized and sparked the uprising leading to the Greek War of Independence against Ottoman rule.

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Label Occurrences
Filiki Eteria canonical 4
Greek revolutionary forces 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek nationalist organization
revolutionary organization
secret society
country Ottoman Empire
dissolved 1821
foundedBy Nikolaos Skoufas
surface form: Athanasios Tsakalov

Emmanuil Xanthos
Nikolaos Skoufas
hasEffect outbreak of the Greek War of Independence
hasInfluenceOn later Balkan nationalist secret societies
hasPart network of local cells
headquartersLocation Odesa
surface form: Odessa
historicalPeriod Greek Enlightenment
ideology Greek nationalism
Philhellenism
inception 1814
inspiredBy Carbonari
Freemasons
surface form: Freemasonry

French Revolution
languageOfWorkOrName Greek
locatedInPresentDay Greece
Ukraine
mainLocation Odesa
surface form: Odessa
motto Freedom or Death
movement Greek War of Independence
nativeLabel Φιλική Εταιρεία
notableMember Demetrios Ypsilantis
surface form: Alexandros Ypsilantis

Anagnostaras
Demetrios Ypsilantis
surface form: Dimitrios Ypsilantis

Ioannis Kapodistrias
Markos Botsaris
Odysseas Androutsos
Papaflessas
Petrobey Mavromichalis
Theodoros Kolokotronis
operatedIn Aegean islands
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

Danubian Principalities
Peloponnese
opposedBy Ottoman Empire
Phanariot elites loyal to the Porte
purpose liberation of Greece from Ottoman rule
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
significantEvent coordination of uprisings in the Peloponnese
decision to launch uprising in 1821
proclamation of revolt in the Danubian Principalities
symbol initials ΗΕΑ (for “Holy, National Society”) in some variants
skull and crossbones with cross and serpent
translationOfName Religious Society of Friends
surface form: Society of Friends
usedMethod conspiracy
fundraising
initiation rituals
oaths of secrecy
propaganda

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Georgios Karaiskakis partOf Filiki Eteria
this entity surface form: Greek revolutionary forces
Freedom or Death usedBy Filiki Eteria
Ypsilantis family associatedWith Filiki Eteria
Ypsilantis family associatedWith Filiki Eteria
subject surface form: Alexander Ypsilantis