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Cape Sounion is located 69 km (43 mi, by road) SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece. It is renowned for the ruins of the ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea, and famously bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788 - 1824).