The work was sponsored by Dimitrios Stefanovic Skylitsis (1839-1893), but due to disagreements about its placement, it was donated to the Greek State by his brother after his death. George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) was a British poet, one of the most important representatives of Romanticism and perhaps the most famous Philhellene of all time. Many of his poems were about Greece and its fight for freedom. The artistic composition depicts Greece (Hellas) as a barefoot, half-naked woman crowning the young man, Byron, while he turns his gaze to look at her. The circular pedestal bears the inscription: «Invenit Chapu Sculpsita. Falguiere», i.e. “created by the sculptors Chapu and Falguiere”, with the title underneath: “Hellas To Byron” and the dedication on the pedestal: “For the benefit of the country by Dimitrios Stefanovic Skylitsis”.
Main Bibliography
- Bury John – Meiggs Russell, A History of Greece. To the Death of Alexander the Great, Translated by Rouli Tataki, K. N. Petropoulos, Anna Papadimitriou - Grammenou, Konstantinos Buraselis, Angelos Matthaiou, Athens 2011.
- Αλεξάνδρου, μτφρ. Ρούλη Τατάκη, Κ. Ν. Πετρόπουλος, Άννα Παπαδημητρίου Γραμμένου,
- Κωνσταντίνος Μπουραζέλης, Άγγελος Ματθαίου, Αθήνα 2011.
- Lefèvre François, Histoire Du Monde Grec Antique, Translated by Anastasia Kefala, Mina Kardamitsa, Athens 2016.
- Καρδαμίτσα, Αθήνα 2016.
- Antonopoulou Zeta, Τα Γλυπτά της Αθήνας: Υπαίθρια Γλυπτική 1834-2004, Athens 2003.
- Karaiskou Vicky, Νεοελληνική Γλυπτική: Ματιές και αναγνώσεις, Athens 2011.
- Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Ζητήματα Νεοελληνικής Γλυπτικής, Athens 1998.
- Γλυπτά, Αθήνα 2020.
- Pavlopoulos Dimitris, Από τον Ιερό Λόχο στον Κωνσταντίνο ΙΒ’: Νεότερα Αθηναϊκά Γλυπτά, Athens 2020.
Main Webliography
http://www.athenssculptures.com
https://explore.cure-project.gr
https://www.thisiscrete.gr/gr/historical-monuments
https://www.wikipedia.org
Informations
Additional
Creator: Henri Chapu (1833-1891), Alexandre Falguière (1831-1900), Lazaros
Sochos (1862-1911)
Material: Marble
Date: 1896
Location: Junction of Vasilissis Amalias Avenue and Vasilissis Olgas Avenue,
Athens
Type: Complex
Subject: Greek Revolution, Philhellenism
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