Persophilia
Persophilia refers to the appreciation and love of Iranian culture, people or history. One of the most prominent Persophiles was the British literary historian, Edward Granville Browne, who participated in the 1906 Iranian Constitutional Revolution. A recent book on Persophilia is the Iranian Hamid Dabashi is "Persophilia, Persian Culture on the Global Scene".[1]
Origins
Greek leaders who gave themselves Persian titles or names were considered Persophiles.[2] The kings of Sidonian whose governmental policies gave special rights to the Persians may also be referred to as Persophiles.[3] The earliest use of the word may have been by the Royal Numismatic Society in 1838;[4] it referred to a king of Marium, in modern-day Cyprus. The opposite of Persophilia is anti-Iranianism.
Admiration of the Persians was especially high during the Achaemenid dynasty; its founder, Cyrus the Great, was the only Gentile to be considered a messiah in the Bible.[5]
Other Persophiles
- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel[6]
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Frederich Nietzsche
- Edward FitzGerald
- Peter Avery[7]
- Edward Granville Browne
- Richard Nelson Frye
- Richard Foltz
- John Limbert
- Arthur Upham Pope
- Howard Baskerville
- Coleman Barks
References
- ↑ "Persophilia — Hamid Dabashi | Harvard University Press". www.hup.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ↑ Max Cary, Percy Gardner, Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies (London, England), JSTOR (Organization), Ernest Arthur Gardner (1984). Journal of Hellenic Studies. Online Version
- ↑ Boardman, John (1982). The Cambridge Ancient History. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23348-8. Online Version
- ↑ Wertheimer, Londres (1838). The Numismatic Chronicle. Royal Numismatic Society. Online Version
- ↑ Isaiah 45:1
- ↑ http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hegel-georg-wilhelm-friedrich
- ↑ "Peter Avery OBE (1923–2008)". Cambridge University. Retrieved 2013-11-11.