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Sestos
Visited the day of 1810-05-03 the famous swim. An ancient Greek town of the Thracian Chersonese, the modern
Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey. Situated on the Hellespont opposite Abydos, it was the home of Hero in the legend of Hero and…
Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey. Situated on the Hellespont opposite Abydos, it was the home of Hero in the legend of Hero and…
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Abydos
1810-05-03 to HeDrury the famous swim. An ancient city of Mysia, in Asia Minor, situated at Nara Burnu or Nagara Point on the best harbor on the Asiatic shore of the Hellespont. Across Abydos lies Sestus on the European side, marking one of the…
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Cape Colonna (Sunion)
Visited as of 1810-05-03. A promontory located 69 kilometres (43 mi) SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip
of the Attica peninsula in Greece. Wiki
of the Attica peninsula in Greece. Wiki
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Boeotia
Named in 1810-05-03. It is part of the region of Central Greece. It was also a region of ancient Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and its largest city is Thebes. Wiki
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Delphi
Visited as of 1810-05-03, Mentioned by Byron in the London Journal 20 March 1814. Deathplace of Plutarch
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Scamander
Visited as of 1810-05-03: "... if they prefer riding lose their way {(as I did)} in a cursed quagmire of the Scamander who wriggles about as if the Dardan virgins still offered their wonted tribute." Karamenderes is the modern name of the river…
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