Missolonghi

[ mis-uh-lawng-gee ]

noun

1. a town in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras: Byron died here 1824.

Missolonghi

/ ˌmɪsəˈlɒŋɡɪ /

noun

1. a town in W Greece, near the Gulf of Patras: famous for its defence against the Turks in 1822–23 and 1825–26 and for its association with Lord Byron, who died here in 1824. Pop (municipality): 18 354 (2001) Modern Greek nameMesolóngion

Example Sentences

In “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi,” Delacroix embodied Greece as a single allegorical figure.

From Salon

Delacroix began the painting shortly after the citizens of Missolonghi attempted to liberate their city only to be massacred by the Ottoman Turks in 1825.

From Salon

Delcroix’s most famous paintings, like “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi” and “Liberty Leading the People,” arose out of the turmoil of the 19th century and evoke the uncertainties of our present day.

From Salon

“Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi,” from 1826.

From The New Yorker

Its most prized Delacroixes, including the flag-waving “Liberty Leading the People,” are staying home, but the languid “Women of Algiers” is coming to the Met, as is the impassioned “Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi,” whose conjoined themes of liberty, nationalism and racial and sexual anxiety have lost none of their relevance two centuries on.

From New York Times