People · 1768–1848
François-René de Chateaubriand
French writer and statesman
On his journey to Jerusalem in 1806 he passed through Argos and, by his own account, spent a feverish night at a farm in the marsh near 'the village of Lerne'. Whether he really was at Lerna was doubted by his host Avramiotti.
Also written: Φρανσουά-Ρενέ ντε Σατωβριάν, Chateaubriand, Σατωβριάνδος
Events
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19 August 1806
Chateaubriand spends a feverish night in the marsh
The French writer Chateaubriand, travelling from Argos in August 1806, got lost in the marshes at night. He found 'a farm in the middle of the marsh, near the village of Lerne', where the harvest had just been brought in…