European philhellenic movement

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cultural movement intellectual movement political movement

The European philhellenic movement was a widespread 19th-century current of intellectual, cultural, and political support across Europe that championed the Greek cause for independence and idealized ancient Greek heritage.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Philhellenism	2
British philhellenism	1
German Philhellenic Committees	1
Swiss philhellenism	1

Statements (64)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ
endTime	late 19th century ⓘ
geographicScope	Europe ⓘ
hasCause	Enlightenment admiration for classical antiquity ⓘ Ottoman rule over Greek territories ⓘ rise of Romanticism ⓘ
hasEffect	formation of philhellenic committees ⓘ fundraising for the Greek cause ⓘ increased European support for Greek independence ⓘ influence on European foreign policy toward the Ottoman Empire ⓘ propaganda in favor of Greece in European press ⓘ volunteer fighters joining Greek forces ⓘ
hasGoal	independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire ⓘ protection of Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ revival of classical Greek ideals ⓘ
hasMainSubject	idealization of ancient Greek heritage ⓘ support for Greek independence ⓘ
hasNotableOrganization	European philhellenic movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: German Philhellenic Committees London Greek Committee ⓘ Philhellenes ⓘ surface form: Paris Philhellenic Committee Swiss Philhellenic Committee ⓘ
hasNotableSupporter	Adam Mickiewicz NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexander Pushkin ⓘ Alphonse de Lamartine ⓘ David Ricardo ⓘ Eugène Delacroix ⓘ François-René de Chateaubriand NERFINISHED ⓘ Friedrich Thiersch NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Gabriel Eynard NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeremy Bentham NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Mendelssohn Bartholdy ⓘ Lord Byron NERFINISHED ⓘ Percy Bysshe Shelley NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Gordon ⓘ Victor Hugo ⓘ Wilhelm Müller ⓘ
hasPart	European philhellenic movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: British philhellenism French philhellenism ⓘ German philhellenism ⓘ Italian philhellenism ⓘ Polish philhellenism ⓘ Russian philhellenism ⓘ Scandinavian philhellenism ⓘ Spanish philhellenism ⓘ European philhellenic movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Swiss philhellenism
influenced	European Romantic literature ⓘ European music ⓘ European painting ⓘ European public opinion on the Eastern Question ⓘ
influencedBy	Neoclassicism ⓘ Romantic nationalism ⓘ classical Greek literature ⓘ liberal political ideas ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	various European languages ⓘ
opposedTo	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
peakPeriod	1820s ⓘ
relatedTo	Greek nationalism ⓘ Neoclassicism ⓘ Philhellenism ⓘ Romanticism ⓘ
significantEvent	Greek War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	late 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ionian School of literature → associatedWithIdeology → European philhellenic movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philhellenism

European philhellenic movement → hasNotableOrganization → European philhellenic movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: German Philhellenic Committees

European philhellenic movement → hasPart → European philhellenic movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: British philhellenism

European philhellenic movement → hasPart → European philhellenic movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Swiss philhellenism

Greek War of Independence → hasSupportFrom → European philhellenic movement ⓘ

Ioannis Kapodistrias → movement → European philhellenic movement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philhellenism