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| The Temple of Poseidon in Sounion "Where'er we tread 'tis haunted, holy ground" - Byron 1810 |
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| "I hate a vandal worse than a critic",claimed Byron in distaste for Lord Elgin's theft of Greek sculpture. In the same months he happily carved his name on this very temple, and it can still be seen today! |
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| A sketch of Byron by the famous authoress Charlotte Bronte, based on an engraving in her copy of Byron's poems |