person
Christopher Columbus
Columbus
also: Kolombusz, Colombo
Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the Genoese explorer who sailed to the Americas in 1492; cited by Madách's poet alongside Achilles and the heroes of Marathon as a figure of heroic vision that the poet feels within himself.
Reading notes
- Drama Fragments (Five Pieces) §34 Columbus
Christopher Columbus (1451–1506), the Genoese explorer who crossed the Atlantic in 1492; cited alongside Achilles and the heroes of Marathon as one of the great historical figures whose spirit the poet feels in himself.
- Dream of Fairies (Fragment) §34 Columbus
Christopher Columbus (c. 1451–1506), the discoverer of the Americas, invoked here as a figure of world-changing vision guided by imagination — the constellation (lángcsillagzat, fiery constellation) likely refers to the stellar navigation that guided him.