Athanasios Psalidas | Publication of selected archival material and editions

This special volume on the work and legacy of Athanasios Psalidas constitutes a fine addition to the Onassis Foundation’s growing collection of publications. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary since the start of the Greek war of independence, we are paying tribute to one of the most important figures of the Modern Greek Enlightenment, a man who helped bring about the spiritual reawakening of the Greek people, and the attainment of their freedom. The aim of this book – achieved though the presentation of handwritten archival documents, and the published works of Athanasios Psalidas – is to transport the reader into a multi-dimensional setting that explores the private and public lives, teaching endeavors, politico-revolutionary action, writings, and published oeuvre of a rounded intellectual of the Modern Greek Enlightenment, who made his philosophical framework and beliefs tangible through his actions and bearing.

This publication builds on the popular exhibitions of Athanasios Psalidas’ books and documents presented in 2019 at the Onassis Library in Athens, and in 2020 at the General State Archives of Greece (Historical Archives – Museum of Epirus) in Ioannina.