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Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, November 12th 1809:
(Source: text from Morgan Library, photocopy from microfilm; LJ I 246-57; QI 58-63; BLJ I 226-31)
Deathplace of Euripides and Marcus Brutus. Mentioned by Byron in 1809-11-12

Byron to Francis Hodgson, August 6th 1809: "* * * Cadiz is a complete Cythera. Many of the grandees who have left Madrid during the troubles reside there, and I do believe it is the prettiest and cleanest town in Europe."
Deathplace of Cervantes and…

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, August 11th 1809: "Near {Cintra] about 10 miles to the right is the palace of Mafra the boast of Portugal, as it might be of any country, in point of magnificence without elegance, there is a convent annexed, the…

Mentioned by Byron in 1810-07-29 and visited.

Named as visited by Byron in 1810-09-25 to JoHobhouse. A city in ancient Greece that was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history. "Mantinea was an ancient town in Arcadia not far from the modern Tripolis (Tripolitza). The…

Visited as of 1810-05-03. A town in Greece, the site of the battle of Marathon in 490 BC, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians. The
tumulus or burial mound, also called the "Soros," for the 192 Athenian dead that…

Named by Byron as visited 1810-07-29. It lies in the northern section of the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis, which belonged to Megara in archaic times, before being taken by Athens. Wiki

1809-07-16 to FrHodgson: "To-morrow we start to ride post near 400 miles as far as Gibraltar, where we embark for Melita and Byzantium. A letter to Malta will find me, or to be forwarded, if I am absent."

Byron to Catherine Gordon Byron, November 12th 1809:
(Source: text from Morgan Library, photocopy from microfilm; LJ I 246-57; QI 58-63; BLJ I 226-31)
Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece. Named and visited by Byron 1809-11-13 See 1809-11-12.

Named by Byron in 1809-09-29. The name of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece during the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It also referred to a Byzantine province in the region, known as the Despotate of Morea. Wiki