Leucadian Promontory
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Leucadian Promontory
Subject
The correspondence Byron wrote and some of which he received during the tour.
Description
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
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
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/
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
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
Relation
David Radcliffe's "Lord Byron and his Times:"
http://www.lordbyron.org/
http://www.lordbyron.org/
Language
English
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Place
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English Romanticism, George Gordon, sixth Baron Byron, 1788-1824, 1809-1811
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Leucadian Promontory
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Paul M Curtis, “Leucadian Promontory,” ByronOnlineProject, accessed May 16, 2024, https://byrononlineproject.com/items/show/453.
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- Byron to Henry Drury, from Constantinople, June 17th 1810 (30) [Place Mentions]