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His cousin [[Laonicus Chalcondyles]] (c. 1423–1490) was also a native of Athens, a notable scholar and Byzantine historian and one of the most valuable of the later Greek historians. He was the author of the valuable work ''Historiarum Demonstrationes'' (Demonstrations of History) and was a great admirer of the ancient writer Herodotus, encouraging the interest of contemporary Italian humanists in that ancient historian.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/104633/Laonicus-Chalcocondyles|title= Laonicus Chalcocondyles.|encyclopedia= Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2009|quote= Laonicus Chalcocondyles Byzantine historianal so spelled Laonicus Chalcondyles or Laonikos Chalkokondyles born c. 1423, Athens, Greece, Byzantine Empire [now in Greece] died 1490? Chalcocondyles was a great admirer of Herodotus and roused the interest of contemporary Italian humanists in that ancient historian. He strove for objectivity and, in spite of some inaccuracies and the interpolation of far-fetched anecdotes, is one of the most valuable of the later Greek historians.}}</ref> In the 17th century, Athenian-born [[Leonardos Philaras]] (c. 1595–1673),<ref>{{cite book |author= Buhayer, Constantine |title= Greece: a quick guide to customs & etiquette |publisher= Kuperard |year= 2006 |page= 36 |isbn= 1-85733-369-1 |quote= The Athenian politician and medical doctor Leonardos Philaras (1595–1673) was an advisor to the French court, enjoying the patronage of Cardinal Richelieu}}</ref> was a [[Greeks|Greek]] scholar, politician, diplomat, advisor and the [[Duke of Parma]]'s ambassador to the French court,<ref>{{cite book |author= Parker, William Riley – Campbell, Gordon |title= Milton: The life |publisher= Oxford University Press |year= 1996 |pages=418–419 |isbn= 0-19-812889-4 |quote= The writer was a Greek, Leonard Philaras (or Villere, as he was known in France), an able diplomat and scholar, ambassador to the French court from the Duke of Parma}}</ref> spending much of his career trying to persuade western European intellectuals to support [[Greek war of independence|Greek independence]].<ref>{{cite book |author= Merry, Bruce |title= Encyclopedia of modern Greek literature |publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group |year= 2004 |page=442 |isbn= 0-313-30813-6 |quote= Leonardos Filaras (1595–1673) devoted much of his career to coaxing Western European intellectuals to support Greek liberation. Two letters from Milton (1608–1674) attest Filaras's patriotic crusade.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author= Milton, John – Diekhoff, John Siemon |title=Milton on himself: Milton's utterances upon himself and his works |publisher=Cohen & West |year=1965 |page=267 |oclc=359509 |quote= Milton here refuses a request from Philaras for the assistance of his pen in the freeing of the Greeks from Turkish rule on the basis of his confidence that only those people are slaves who deserve to be.}}</ref>

 

 

===Independence from the Ottomans===