Mutually Antagonistic Philhellenes: Edward Capps and Bert Hodge Hill at the American School of Classical Studies and Athens College

by David W. Rupp

Hesperia, Volume 82, Issue 1
Page(s): 67-99
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2972/hesperia.82.1.0067
Year: 2013
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ABSTRACT:

Between 1918 and 1930, Edward Capps and Bert Hodge Hill had an immeasurable impact on both the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and Athens College. At the former they fought for administrative and intellectual dominance, with Capps the undisputed winner by 1926. But in the process that led to the founding of the latter in 1925, the two men assisted Stephanos Delta and Emmanuel Benaki in realizing their dream of a Greek private school modeled on Robert College in Istanbul. At Athens College the philhellenism and philanthropic spirit of Capps and Hill carried the day over their antagonistic relationship at the American School.