| Evidence: | Byron's "Detached Thoughts" (15 October 1821-18 May 1822), on Harrow master Dr. Drury: 'My first Harrow verses (that is English as exercises) a translation of a Chorus from "the Prometheus" of Aeschylus -- were received by him but coolly ...' |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Harrow School | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 22 Jan 1788 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | child; later poet |
| Religion: | Agnostic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Aeschylus |
| Title: | Prometheus Bound |
| Genre: | Classics, Drama, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2656 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron | |
| Editor: | Leslie A. Marchand | |
| Title: | Byron's Letters and Journals | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1979 | |
| Vol: | 9 | |
| Page: | 43 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | George Gordon Lord Byron, Leslie A. Marchand (ed.), Byron's Letters and Journals (London, 1979), 9, p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2656, accessed: 04 October 2023 | |
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