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"Mr Bolton informs me that if Mr Hanson had accepted the bills he would have saved a poor Man, his Wife, and eight children, from ruin, ..."

Named as visited by Byron to HeDrury 1810-05-03. The name of the northwestern part of Epirus, the homeland of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians. Its main town was called Phoenice. According to Virgil, Chaon was the eponymous ancestor of the Chaonians.…

One of John Hanson's three sons. Mentioned by Byron in 1809-01-15 to JoHanson and 1810-05-23. See as well BLJ I-51n.

Mentioned by Hobhouse in 1810-08-16 and by Byron in 1810-11-26. See 1810-11-26 to Hobhouse. "Charles Robert Cockerell (1788—1863), an architect who later achieved renown, was starting on a course of professional studies by exploring…

Byron's Cambridge friend. First elected fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.

Matthews' fulsome response to the coded style of Byron's letter of 22 June 1809.

"I am very happy to hear that you have been so well amused in Greece; and your plans for the future are so promising that I have no doubt your amusement will be progressive."

Hobhouse's residence as of 1810-12-10

Mentioned by Byron in 1811-07-07, the last letter before returning to England, and the London Journal 20 March 1814. The modern village sits north of the ancient town of Crissa, a powerful city-state of ancient Greece which gave its name to the…

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