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Há 2 dias · Lord Byron. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English poet and peer. [1] [2] He is one of the major figures of the Romantic movement, [3] [4] [5] and is regarded as being among the greatest of English poets. [6]
28 de mai. de 2024 · Lord Byron, British Romantic poet whose published works and personality captured the imagination of Europe during his lifetime. His greatest poem, Don Juan, is a witty satirical commentary that exposes the hypocrisy underlying social and sexual conventions.
- Lord Byron was a British Romantic poet and satirist whose poetry and personality captured the imagination of Europe. Although made famous by the au...
- George Gordon Byron was born in 1788, the son of British Capt. John (“Mad Jack”) Byron and Catherine Gordon, a Scottish heiress. After John squande...
- Although handsome, Lord Byron was born with a clubfoot that made him sensitive about his appearance all his life. However, this did not stop him fr...
- Aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence from Turkish rule, Lord Byron took command of a brigade of Souliot soldiers in early 1824. How...
25 de mai. de 2024 · Byron is welcomed by Alexandros Mavrocordatos, a friend who became the first Prime Minister of Greece. How has the double status of Byron emerged, hero and pariah? Is there a clue to be found in his Classical education?
27 de mai. de 2024 · Located in a leafy square just a short walk from the Greek Parliament and the National Gardens, the Lord Byron Statue depicts the poet in a Romantic pose, gazing skyward as a figure representing Greece crowns him with a palm frond, an ancient symbol of victory and immortality.
Há 6 dias · However, beyond his literary genius, there are many intriguing facets of Lord Byron’s life that are lesser known. Let’s delve deeper into the life of this enigmatic poet and uncover the man...
11 de mai. de 2024 · 2024 – the Year of Byron - marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, the renowned British Romantic poet and a seminal figure in modern Greek history as a result of his undying commitment to the cause of freedom in the Greek War of Independence in 1821.
Há 5 dias · In 1810, aged just 22, he swam three miles across the Hellespont, the strait of water now known as the Dardanelles that separate continental Europe from Asia. Even more impressively, for a swim amid strong currents, he did so in “an hour and 10 minutes”, according to Hobhouse. Byron’s swim was inspired by the Classical Greek myth of Hero ...
