House at Oropos where the Englishmen were confined, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

House at Oropos where the Englishmen were confined, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

3-028-583 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

House at Oropos where the Englishmen were confined, 1870. Engraving of a sketch by John Ellis of '...the schoolmaster's house in the village, where...the English gentlemen, Messrs. Herbert, Vyner, and Lloyd, and the Italian Count de Boyl...were confined from April 19 to April 21, shut up in a room by themselves, with no furniture but one chair and a table - the rest of the house being occupied by Arvanitaki and his gang...The murder...by the brigands of Attica, who had captured them on the road between Athens and Marathon, is fresh in the memory of our readers. [The captives were]...slaughtered almost in sight of the pursuing Greek soldiers [by the] ruffian band of Arvanitaki...In skirmishes [at] Dhilessi, a village on the seacoast, about seven miles from Sycaminum,...a number of the brigands were killed, and their heads were cut off...Takos Arvanitaki and nine other brigands escaped the pursuit of the Greek cavalry at Schimitari, but several of them were afterwards caught...the prisoners were all found guilty, and all condemned to death'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Edward Herbert: British: diplomat, author
  2. Frederick Vyner: British: Army officer
  3. Edward Lloyd: British:
  4. Takos Arvanitaki: Greek, Wallachian:

Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E

Category Hierarchy

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4926x4960
File Size : 23,861kb


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  1. ILN_1870_Page_612_b.jpg
  1. 1870
  1. 0580094269
  1. 3-028-583
  1. 3028583

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