Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio [SEP] location of formation
Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio
The Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio (, "Hellenophone Hotel", meaning "Greek-speaking Hotel"), was a secret organization established in Paris in 1814, whose purpose was to educate the Greeks and prepare the struggle against Ottoman rule over Greece. Two of its founders were the Macedonian Grigorios Zalykis and the Epirote Athanasios Tsakalov. The organization was a precursor of another organization, Filiki Eteria, of which Athanasios Tsakalov was a founding member and which succeeded in mobilizing Greeks against the Ottoman Empire culminating in the Greek War of
on the humanist ideals of the Enlightenment. Many young Phanariot Greeks were among its members.
See also.
- French Enlightenment
- Anthimos Gazis
- Ellinoglosso Xenodocheio
- Greek War of Independence
Further reading.
- Dimitris Michalopoulos, "Aristotle vs Plato. The Balkans' Paradoxical Enlightenment", "Bulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy (BJSEP)", 1 (2007), pp. 7–15. ISSN 1313-1958.
- Anna Tabaki, "Enlightenment", "Encyclopedia of