All 3 Uses of
Constantinople
in
The Crying of Lot 49
- Soon our sub's periscope'll aim for Constantinople, As again we set hopeful to sea; Once more unto the breach, for those boys on the beach, Just my daddy, my doggie and me.†
Chpt 2Constantinople = capital of the Byzantium Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire)
- Oedipa looked and saw Baby Igor, disguised as a Turkish beggar lad, skulking with the dog around a set she took to be Constantinople.†
Chpt 2 *
- Did Baby Igor get to Constantinople in the good submarine Justine?†
Chpt 2
Definition:
capital of the Byzantium Empire (also known as the Eastern Roman Empire); Constantine renamed the city of Byzantium to Constantinople in the fourth century; in 1930 Turkey renamed it to Istanbul