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In the former Capuchin Covent, Byron to Hobhouse 1810-08-23

By way of (unidentified) allusion; and deathplace of Lucien Buonaparte. Named by Byron in 1810-08-23 describing his frolics at the Capuchin Convent in Athens.

Named and visited by Byron in 1810-08-23 where an Engishman Watson is buried. The Temple of Hephaestus, also known as the Hephaisteion or earlier as the Theseion, is a well-preserved Greek temple; it remains standing largely as built. It is a Doric…

French Consul in Attica

One of Pere Abbate's crew at the Capuchin Convent

One of Pere Abbate's crew in the Capuchin Convent

One of Pere Abbate's crew at the Capuchin Convent

One of Byron's Athenian friends at the Capuchin Convent

The mother of the Macri sisters

Dudu Roque, daughter of Phokion Roque,a French merchant living in Athens. Byron later used her name for the innocent buxom odalisque, whose bed Don Juan shared in the
harem. BLJ 2-13n