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    Published : 2025-01-09
    Vol. 72 No. 1 Zeszyt specjalny (2024)

    The Philomaths and Philhellenism

    Maria Kalinowska

    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4546-3450

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh24721.2s

    Abstract

    Vilnius in the times of the Philomaths was one of the strongest centres of Philhellenism in Poland. The text considers some questions about the role of Philhellenism in the Philomath community. Did the ideas of Philhellenism, which had such a powerful presence in the social and cultural space of Vilnius, in any way influence the worldview of the Philomaths, which was largely founded on the culture of ancient Greece? How did the Philomaths’ – and especially Mickiewicz’s – perception of Byron’s involvement in the Greek cause develop in this context? Did the parallel between the Polish and the Greek struggle for independence (manifesting itself particularly in Philhellenic tendencies in the Congress Kingdom of Poland) also appear in Vilnius? And, did it actually stand a chance of appearing in Vilnius in the 1820s at all? The author also discusses the differences between the presence of Philhellenic themes in the oeuvres of Mickiewicz and Słowacki as well as revealing references to Mickiewicz’s sonnet “Do wizytujących” [To Visitors] in Słowacki’s travel notes (the phrase “w Grecyi rozboje” – “there’s rebellion in Greece”).

    Keywords:

    Vilnius, University of Vilnius, Adam J. Czartoryski, Mickiewicz, Słowacki, Aleksander Chodźko, Byron, The Greek Revolution



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    Roczniki Humanistyczne · ISSN 0035-7707 | eISSN 2544-5200 | DOI: 10.18290/rh
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