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The Curse of Minerva
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ISBN13: 9781019511480
Publisher: Legare Street Pr
Published: Jul 18 2023
Pages: 30
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.25 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
A scathing poetic indictment of Lord Elgin's removal of the Parthenon Marbles from Greece, written by the great Romantic poet Lord Byron. Originally published in 1811 as part of Byron's satirical poem 'The Curse of Minerva, ' this work is a powerful critique of cultural plunder and imperialism.
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