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- Collection: The 224 people named in the letters that Byron wrote during the Tour
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Antilochus
Mentioned by Byron before Troy in 1810-04-17. An allusion, rather?
Achilles
The son of Thetis and Pelus, mentioned by Byron in 1810-05-03 to Henry Drury
Ajax
Greek hero of the Trojan, the son of King Telamon and Periboea
Ganymede
divine hero from Troy
Sir William Gell
classical archaeologist and traveller
Leander
a young man from Abydos
Hero
a priestess of Aphrodite in Sestos -- See Byron to HeDrury 1810-05-03 where she appears as "Paradise"
Alcibiades
a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
Dr George Butler
Headmaster of Harrow, succeeding Dr Joseph Drury in 1805, and dean of Peterborough. See the portrait of Pomposus in 1807-03-06 and BLJ I-111n. Also mentioned by Byron in 1808-11-27 to FrHodgson
John Claridge
A Harrow friend of Byron's. Recorder for the Straits Settlements from 1825 to 1829