A legend of a young Cossack who has an affair with a married countess in the Polish royal court, and is strapped to the back of a wild horse to ride to his death.
Currier
The heavily embroidered story of Cossack hetman Ivan Mazepa was turned into a narrative poem by Lord Byron, and inspired paintings by Géricault, Delacroix, Vernet, and others.
An odd story about the leader of the Ukrainian Cossacks and his youthful indiscretion becomes a poem by Byron, and finally burlesque titillation.
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