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One of Pere Abbate's crew at the Capuchin Convent

One of Pere Abbate's crew in the Capuchin Convent

One of Pere Abbate's crew at the Capuchin Convent

French Consul in Attica

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…

By way of (unidentified) allusion; and deathplace of Lucien Buonaparte. Named by Byron in 1810-08-23 describing his frolics at the Capuchin Convent in Athens.

In the former Capuchin Covent, Byron to Hobhouse 1810-08-23

Byron to Hobhouse 1810-08-23. In 1658, a French Capuchin monastery was founded by the site; in 1669 the monastery succeeded in purchasing the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, then being called the "Lantern of Demosthenes" after the famous Athenian…

Byron's mention of Horace's "Nil Admirari"

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