Was Western support driven by philhellenism?

How much did Grecophilia and admiration for ancient Greece motivate British and French support?

It was effective public justification, while realpolitik was the stronger governmental motive.

Philhellenic sentiment made intervention easier to explain and celebrate. Admiration for ancient Greece supplied an emotionally powerful public reason to support the modern independence movement. That public justification differed from the harder governmental calculation over Russian power, Mediterranean access, and influence in the future Greek state. The distinction separates the public language of policy from the strategic interests driving it.