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AN AFRICAN THERMOPYLAE? THE BATTLES OF THE ANGLO-ZULU WAR, 1879.

A literary criticism is presented which discusses an inscription on the Natal Carbineers Memorial in Isandlwana, South Africa. The memorial's epitaph refers to the Carbineers' bravery in 1879 with an allusion to the soldiers who fell in the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Epigrams in a poem specif...

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Published in:Akroterion Vol. 54; pp. 51 - 69
Main Author: Murray, J.
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Akroterion 2009
Subjects:
Criticism
Memorials
Epitaphs
Battle of Isandlwana, South Africa, 1879
Battle of Thermopylae, Greece, 480 B.C.
South Africa
Greece
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