Philomuses
The Philomusen ( Society of Philomuses or Hetaeria of Philomuses ) was an association that campaigned in the 19th century for the preservation of the ancient Greek heritage and the support of modern Hellenism.
The existence of the society was mentioned in an article in the Ἑρμῆς ὁ Λόγιος from 1819. In a letter printed there from before 1815, Frederik North thanks him for his appointment as president of the "Hetary of the Philomus of Athens", which met in an Athens monastery. At that time, English elites v. a. Greece, as they were excluded from other European travel destinations because of the Napoleonic continental barrier. They supported the society's endeavors to establish cultural associations and schools for popular education. However, the expansion of the Philomusian hetary to Europe was suggested by Ioannis Kapodistrias on the sidelines of the Congress of Vienna . Franz von Baader became the first director of the association, which was founded in Munich in 1815 . The membership fee was set at 3 piasters, with an annual donation of 90 piasters one received the title of benefactor and received a gold ring with an image of an Attic obolo and the name of the association. The members were mostly Greek merchants and citizens in the foreign centers of Hellenism ( Vienna , Geneva , Zurich , Munich , Leipzig and others) as well as academics and philhellenes . In contrast to the Filiki Eteria , the Philomuses primarily pursued cultural goals.
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Enclykopädie der Wissenschaft und Künste, p. 234
- ↑ The Hetairie of the Philomuses . In: Sheets for literary entertainment . No. 34 , August 17, 1854, p. 629 f . ( Digitized version ).