Leucadian Promontory

Leucadian Promontory

The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.

Named as will visit and will jump form the promontory 1810-06-17. A Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of
Greece, also known by the name Santo Maura. The myth about Sappho's suicide at Cape Lefkada is related to other myths linking the island to the ancient Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite, and to Odysseus, the hero of Homer's Odyssey. Wiki

Paul M Curtis

Byron, George Gordon, Lord. Byron’s Letters and Journals. Ed. Leslie A. Marchand. 13 vols. London: John Murray 1973–94.
Peter S Cochran's website: https://petercochran.wordpress.com/byron-2/byron/

The Byron Online Project: http://byrononlineproject.com/

13 April 2014

Paul M Curtis

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David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/

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English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824, 1809-1811

Leucadian Promontory