His father Andrea Foscolo was an impoverished Venetian nobleman , and his mother Diamantina Spathis was Greek .
Foscolo was born on Zakynthos in the Ionian Islands .
Foscolo 's father Andrea Foscolo was an impoverished Venetian nobleman , and his mother Diamantina Spathis was Greek .
Foscolo was born on Zakynthos in the Ionian Islands .