Temple of Theseus

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Title

Temple of Theseus

Subject

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

Description

Named and visited by Byron in 1810-08-23 where an Engishman Watson is buried. The Temple of Hephaestus, also known as the Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric peripteral temple, and is located at the
north-west side of the Agora of Athens, on top of the Agoraios Kolonos hill. From the 7th century until 1834, it served as the Greek Orthodox church of St. George Akamates. Wiki

Creator

Paul M Curtis

Source

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/

Publisher

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

Date

13 April 2014

Contributor

Paul M Curtis

Rights

13 April 2014

Relation

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

Language

English

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Place

Coverage

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

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Paul M Curtis, “Temple of Theseus,” ByronOnlineProject, accessed April 24, 2024, https://byrononlineproject.com/items/show/517.

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