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Scamander
Visited as of 1810-05-03: "... if they prefer riding lose their way {(as I did)} in a cursed quagmire of the Scamander who wriggles about as if the Dardan virgins still offered their wonted tribute." Karamenderes is the modern name of the river…
Mount Ida
Named as visited in 1810-05-03. A mountain in northwestern Turkey, some 20 miles southeast of the ruins of Troy, along the north coast of the Gulf of Edremit. The name Mount Ida is the ancient one. It is between Balıkesir Province and Çanakkale…
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