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Kevin Andrews (writer)
Kevin Andrews (1924–1989) was an American philhellene, writer and archaeologist. Early life and education Roy Kevin Andrews was born a U.S. citizen in Peking. His mother was Yvette Borup Andrews, but the name of his father was concealed for many years. Yvette was married to Roy Chapman Andrews at the time of Kevin's birth, but the first man to visit her to see the newborn son was not Roy Chapman Andrews, but Harold St Clair (Chips) Smallwood. On the eve of Kevin's marriage, nearly 30 years later, Yvette announced to Kevin that Smallwood, and not Roy Chapman Andrews, was his father. This was to have a fundamental and shattering effect on Kevin who constantly and incessantly obsessed on his own identity. His mother's ancestors included George A. Brandreth, Aaron Ward, and Elkanah Watson, all prominent in New York business and politics. Kevin Andrews was schooled in England at Stowe, where he learned classical Greek. He served for three years as a private in the US Army see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philhellenism
Philhellenism ("the love of Greek culture") was an intellectual movement prominent mostly at the turn of the 19th century. It contributed to the sentiments that led Europeans such as Lord Byron and Charles Nicolas Fabvier to advocate for Greek independence from the Ottoman Empire. The later 19th-century European philhellenism was largely to be found among the Classicists. Philhellenes in antiquity In antiquity, the term ''philhellene'' ("the admirer of Greeks and everything Greek"), from the ( el, φιλέλλην, from ''φίλος'' - ''philos'', "friend", "lover" + ''Ἕλλην'' - ''Hellen'', "Greek") was used to describe both non-Greeks who were fond of ancient Greek culture and Greeks who patriotically upheld their culture. The Liddell-Scott Greek-English Lexicon defines 'philhellene' as "fond of the Hellenes, mostly of foreign princes, as Amasis; of Parthian kings .. also of Hellenic tyrants, as Jason of Pherae and generally of Hellenic (Greek) patriots. According to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
