Heroon at Mesolóngion 25/3/77
Item
File name
sackett_075 See all items with this value
Title
Heroon at Mesolóngion 25/3/77 See all items with this value
Description
This image shows a man with a camera in the middle of a brick pathway, surrounded by cultivated greenery and several statues, including a statue of Lord Byron at the right. It appears to be a cemetery. There are several obelisk statues in the background, but the closest monument, as well as the focus of the man’s camera in the image, is a large stone trapezoid with fresh wreaths in front of it. See all items with this value
Place name
Mesolóngion (inhabited place) See all items with this value
Subject
Monument
Notes
The slide is labeled "Heroon," which is normally a site of hero veneration. Since this appears to be a 19th-century cemetery, given that Lord Byron has a cenotaph and statue here, the term may refer jokingly to the cemetery as a whole or to one of the monuments.
Date photographed
March 25, 1977
