British Hellenism and British Philhellenism: The Establishment of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1879

The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, established in 1879, provided arguments for the bridging of the gap that separated British Hellenism from British philhellenism for the most part of the nineteenth century. For academics and scholars interested in Greek civilization sympathy with m...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:83b2b3de00294a43b1bd18bfda2ac9a22021-11-25T07:53:03ZBritish Hellenism and British Philhellenism: The Establishment of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 187910.35296/jhs.v4i1.642536-572X2536-5738https://doaj.org/article/83b2b3de00294a43b1bd18bfda2ac9a22020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://helenskestudije.me/ojs/index.php/jhs/article/view/64https://doaj.org/toc/2536-572Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2536-5738 The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, established in 1879, provided arguments for the bridging of the gap that separated British Hellenism from British philhellenism for the most part of the nineteenth century. For academics and scholars interested in Greek civilization sympathy with modern Greece was always a matter of choice, which might be influenced by classical reading but did not constitute an indispensable part of it. The necessity to visit Greece, study on the spot and, when possible, bring to light the material remnants of Hellenic civilization, and to trace among the people living evidence of the classical age emerged with the introduction of historicity as a concept and archaeology as a practice into British Hellenism. The formation of the Society represented a single but important step in this process. Its rules, on the other hand, “officially” sanctioned the assumption of the continuity of the Greek race. Pandeleimon HionidisCenter for Hellenic StudiesarticleVictorian BritainHellenismPhilhellenismlearned societiesEastern QuestionHistory of GreeceDF10-951Greek philology and languagePA201-899ENSRAkropolis, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2020)
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topic Victorian Britain
Hellenism
Philhellenism
learned societies
Eastern Question
History of Greece
DF10-951
Greek philology and language
PA201-899
spellingShingle Victorian Britain
Hellenism
Philhellenism
learned societies
Eastern Question
History of Greece
DF10-951
Greek philology and language
PA201-899
Pandeleimon Hionidis
British Hellenism and British Philhellenism: The Establishment of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1879
description The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, established in 1879, provided arguments for the bridging of the gap that separated British Hellenism from British philhellenism for the most part of the nineteenth century. For academics and scholars interested in Greek civilization sympathy with modern Greece was always a matter of choice, which might be influenced by classical reading but did not constitute an indispensable part of it. The necessity to visit Greece, study on the spot and, when possible, bring to light the material remnants of Hellenic civilization, and to trace among the people living evidence of the classical age emerged with the introduction of historicity as a concept and archaeology as a practice into British Hellenism. The formation of the Society represented a single but important step in this process. Its rules, on the other hand, “officially” sanctioned the assumption of the continuity of the Greek race.
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title_short British Hellenism and British Philhellenism: The Establishment of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1879
title_full British Hellenism and British Philhellenism: The Establishment of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1879
title_fullStr British Hellenism and British Philhellenism: The Establishment of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1879
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