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🏺 1810 - The English poet Lord Byron swims across the Hellespont, a feat that gains widespread fame.
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Lord Byron swims across tumultuous Hellespont strait in Turkey (history.com)
The Hellespont swim: following in Byron's wake - The Guardian (theguardian.com)
Hellespont yes! - Outdoor Swimming Society (outdoorswimmingsociety.com)
3 May 1810: Lord Byron and Lt. Ekenhead swim across the Hellespont (figures-of-speech.com)
Jealousy and the Hellespont - Karwansaray Publishers (karwansaraypublishers.com)
The Art of Swimming: The Story of Hero and Leander, Lord Byron ... (swimmingworldmagazine.com)
BREAKING: 209 years ago today, Lord Byron swam four miles ... (lithub.com)
'Byron Swims the Hellespont' by Joseph S. Salemi (classicalpoets.org)
THE THEATRICAL CAST OF ATHENS - Humanities Commons (hcommons.org)
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Drama" to "Dublin ... (gutenberg.org)