| 单词 | philomuse society |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPhilomuse Society Philomuse Society n. now historical a cultural and educational society founded in Athens c1813, eventually associated with efforts promoting Greek independence, and later revived by Earl Stanhope in 1824 as a short-lived utilitarian society. ΚΠ 1824 Earl Stanhope Let. 20 Mar. in Greece (1825) lii. 119 The Philo-muse Society of Athens..has no political character; its sole object is to preserve the records and antiquities, and to advance the knowledge, and improve the condition of the Greeks. 1833 T. De Quincey Revol. Greece in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 488 The original (or Philomuse society)..adopted literature for its ostensible object. 1876 T. Frost Secret Societies European Revol. II. ix. 52 The Philomuse Society, from which the Hetairia had sprung, was removed two years afterwards to Munich, and was allowed to sink gradually out of existence. 1972 W. St. Clair That Greece might still be Free xx. 192 The Philomuse Society was a manifestation of an earlier type of philhellenism..which took pleasure in dreaming of a revival of Ancient Hellas without imagining that a revolution was a serious possibility. < as lemmas |
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