Concepts and Functions of Philhellenism

Concepts and Functions of Philhellenism

Aspects of a Transcultural Movement

In: Trends in Classics – Pathways of Reception, 7

Edited by: Martin Vöhler, Stella Alekou and Miltos Pechlivanos

De Gruyter | 2021

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110716023

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Key aspects of philhellenism – political self-determination, freedom, beauty, individual greatness – originate in antiquity and present a complex reception history. The force of European philhellenism derives from ancient Roman idealizations, which have been drawn on by European movements since the Enlightenment. How is philhellenism able to transcend national, cultural and epochal limits? The articles collected in this volume deal with (1) the ancient conceptualization of philhellenism, (2) the actualization and politicization of the term at the time of the European Restoration (1815–30), and (3) the transformation of philhellenism into a pan-European movement. During the Greek struggle for independence the different receptions of philhellenism regain a common focus; philhellenism becomes an inextricable element in the creation of a pan-European identity and a starting point for the regeneration and modernization of Greece. – It is easy to criticize the tradition of philhellenism as being simplistic, naïve, and self-serving, but there is an irreducibly utopian element in later philhellenic idealizations of ancient Greece.

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M. Vöhler, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece; S. Alekou, Univ. of Cyprus, Cyprus; M. Pechlivanos, Free Univ. of Berlin, Germany.

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Contents Accessible PDF	V
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Concepts and Functions of Philhellenism: Aspects of a Transcultural Movement Martin Vöhler, Stella Alekou and Miltos Pechlivanos Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	1
Part I: Ancient Philhellenism
Shaping the (Hi)story of Innovation: Livius Andronicus as the First Poet of Latin Literature Antje Wessels Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	9
Ηellenism in Horace’s Literary Criticism Spyridon Tzounakas Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	23
‘Inappropriate’ Philhellenism in Roman Satire Stella Alekou Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	51
Philhellenism, Patronage and Poetics in Martial Despina Keramida Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	77
Enthusiasm and Mimesis in Longinus’ Concept of the Sublime Martin Vöhler Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	105
Part II: Philhellenism and the Greek Revolution
Hellenism and Philhellenism in British Experience Richard Jenkyns Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	125
Could Leo Become Leonidas Again? The German Philhellene Wilhelm Müller and his Ambivalent Reception of Lord Byron Marco Hillemann Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	141
Philhellenism as an Exploration of Identity and Alterity in the Literary Tradition of Travels to the East in the 19th century Domna Moyseos Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	155
Adamantios Korais (Smyrna 1748–Paris 1833), philhellène à sa manière Miltos Pechlivanos Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	177
Europeans in the Greek Landscape: Idealization, Appropriation, Disillusionment Paraskevas Matalas Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	195
Philhellenism and Constitutionalism: The First Greek Constitutions May Chehab Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	211
Part III: Philhellenism and European Identity
Building Europe from Below: The Philhellenic Committee Movement as an Early Form of European Integration Konstantinos Maras Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	225
Philhellenism and Geopolitics: Friedrich Thiersch’s De l’état actuel de la Grèce (1833) as a European Project Marilisa Mitsou Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	245
The Greek ‘Great Idea’ of Irredentism Up Against a Defunct Philhellenism (1850–1880) Alexis Politis Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	261
Conclusions and Prospects
Ancient Greece and the Identity of Modern Europe Glenn W. Most Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	275
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	287
Index of Names Requires Authentication Accessible PDF	289

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