Greece

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Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Greece

Author

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Language

German

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

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Original Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.

Current Citation

Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. Maxims and Reflections, translated by Elizabeth Stopp, edited by Peter Hutchinson. Penguin Books, 2005, no. 298.

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

Authentication Score 2

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.

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

Lord Byron

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

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Greece Classical antiquity

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1818 1810s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

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.