The Irish Embassy in Athens marked the birthday of Dublin’s famous writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) with an excerpt from his poem “Impression du Voyage” on Twitter.
It read: “And a red sun upon the seas to ride, I stood upon the soil of Greece at last!”
The tweet was accompanied by a photograph of the author in traditional Greek costume, taken in Athens in 1877.
Oscar Wilde, born in Dublin on this day in 1854, pictured in traditional Greek costume in Athens in 1877.
'And a red sun upon the seas to ride,
I stood upon the soil of Greece at last!' pic.twitter.com/hjW9viv0bl— Irish Embassy Athens (@IrlEmbAthens) October 16, 2021
