Classical antiquity

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The isles of Greece, the Isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
Where grew the arts of war and peace,
Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung!
Eternal summer gilds them yet,
But all, except their sun, is set.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Greek islands Greece Classical antiquity

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1821, canto 3, st. 86.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 3, st. 86.

While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand;
When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when Rome falls—the World.

Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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Topic

Rome Classical antiquity

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. London: John Murray, 1812-1818, canto 4, st. 145.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 4, st. 145.

Fair Greece! sad relic of departed worth!
Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great!

Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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Topic

Greece Classical antiquity

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Lord Byron. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. London: John Murray, 1812-1818, canto 2, st. 73.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 73.

Hebraism and Hellenism,—between these two points of influence moves our world.

Matthew Arnold

Culture and Anarchy

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Topic

Athens and Jerusalem Cultural heritage Classical antiquity

Author

Matthew Arnold

Source

Culture and Anarchy

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1868 1860s 19th century

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Citation

Arnold, Matthew. "Hebraism and Hellenism." Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1869. Originally published in Cornhill Magazine, 1867–68.