Filiki Eteria

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Greek nationalist organization revolutionary organization secret society

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.

Aliases (1)

Greek revolutionary forces ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek nationalist organization → revolutionary organization → secret society →
country	Ottoman Empire →
dissolved	1821 →
foundedBy	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	Odessa NERFINISHED →
historicalPeriod	Greek Enlightenment →
ideology	Greek nationalism → Philhellenism →
inception	1814 →
inspiredBy	Carbonari → Freemasonry → French Revolution →
languageOfWorkOrName	Greek →
locatedInPresentDay	Greece → Ukraine →
mainLocation	Odessa NERFINISHED →
motto	Freedom or Death →
movement	Greek War of Independence →
nativeLabel	Φιλική Εταιρεία →
notableMember	Alexandros Ypsilantis → Anagnostaras → Dimitrios Ypsilantis NERFINISHED → Ioannis Kapodistrias → Markos Botsaris NERFINISHED → Odysseas Androutsos NERFINISHED → Papaflessas → Petrobey Mavromichalis → Theodoros Kolokotronis →
operatedIn	Aegean islands NERFINISHED → Constantinople → Danubian Principalities → Peloponnese →
opposedBy	Ottoman Empire → Phanariot elites loyal to the Porte →
purpose	liberation of Greece from Ottoman rule →
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED →
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	Society of Friends NERFINISHED →
usedMethod	conspiracy → fundraising → initiation rituals → oaths of secrecy → propaganda →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Greek War of Independence →	hasParticipantOrganization
Georgios Karaiskakis ("Greek revolutionary forces") →	partOf