Adamantios Korais
Greek humanist scholar
- Lived
- 1748–1833
- Country
- Ottoman Empire
- Also writes as
- Adamance Coray
Updated September 2026
About Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Koraïs was a Greek scholar, who is credited with laying the foundations of modern Greek literature. He was a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and the emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as Katharevousa. Encyclopædia Britannica asserts that "his influence on the modern Greek language and culture has been compared to that of Dante on Italian and Martin Luther on German".
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