testimony of 146, 163, 166, 168
Bruno, Francesco 134, 167, 168, 190, 193, 204, 206, 261, 262
Bucharest 69, 73
Bunyan, John 122
Burns, Robert 165
Byron, Ada 31, 165, 258, 259, 262
Byron, Allegra 39, 52, 79, 80, 81, 82–3, 94–6, 97, 101–2, 111
Byron, George Gordon, Lord
attitude to antiquities 4, 12–14, 17–18, 28, 41, 137, 163
homosexuality 20–3, 27, 31, 43–6, 60, 164, 205, 243–4
lameness 13–14, 18, 98, 99, 167, 269
political programme for Greece 219, 227, 236–7, 265–7, 272
relativism 26–7, 221–2, 225
words and things 47, 56, 59, 64, 84, 112, 139, 202, 222, 263
works
Age of Bronze, The 120–1, 197, 223
‘Aristomenes’ 174
‘Augustus Darvell’ 39–40
Beppo 18, 51, 52
Bride of Abydos, The 19, 32, 33
Cain 81–2, 83, 84, 86, 96
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 65
Canto I 3, 6, 10–11
Canto II 4, 30, 36, 41, 57, 137, 138
Canto III 37, 39, 41, 45, 59
Canto IV 12, 42, 51, 52, 56
Corsair, The 32, 33, 89
Deformed Transformed, The 100, 110, 111, 133, 138
Don Juan 65, 85, 225
Canto I 51, 52, 118
Canto II 6, 24, 53–4, 71, 122
Canto III 56–9, 62, 122, 173
Canto IV 18, 59
Canto VIII 91, 93, 106, 111, 279
Canto IX 112, 263
Canto XII 116, 118, 120
Canto XIV 127
Canto XV–XVI 128
Canto XVII 137, 242
‘Diavolo Inamorato, Il’ 280
‘Dream, The’ 16
Giaour, The 9, 32, 33, 34–7, 65, 92, 174, 244, 271
‘Hebrew Melodies’ 193
‘Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog’ 232–3
Island, The 121–4, 131, 180, 181, 271
‘Isles of Greece, The’ 57–9, 65, 122
Lara 32, 33, 34, 62, 243
last poems from Missolonghi 242–4
‘Maid of Athens, The’ 15
Manfred 31, 42, 52, 62
Marino Faliero 61–3, 65, 66, 67, 120
‘Monk of Athos, The’ 34
Ode to Napoleon 281
‘On this day I complete my thirty sixth year’ 219–20, 242, 243
Parisina 31
‘Prometheus’ 42
Prophecy of Dante, The 55–6, 59, 62, 120, 138
Sardanapalus 63–4, 67, 110
Siege of Corinth, The 32, 33, 174
‘Stanzas composed October 11th 1809’ 276
Turkish tales 10, 19, 31, 32–7, 55, 59, 138, 165, 180, 227, 250
Two Foscari, The 67, 81, 83–4
‘Up to battle! Sons of Suli’ 242
Vision of Judgment, The 83, 221
‘Written after swimming from Sestos to Abydos’ 18–19
Byron, Lady (née Annabella Milbanke) 31, 32, 64, 86, 96, 115, 116, 165, 193, 259
byronic hero 8, 29, 32–4, 41, 42, 55, 59, 96, 123–4, 129, 138, 166, 180, 194, 213, 248, 249, 264
Calderón de la Barca, Pedro 97, 98
Canning, George (British Foreign Secretary) 93, 154, 155, 177
Capodistria.
See also Kapodistrias
Caragià.
See also Karatzas
Caraiscachi.
See also Karaiskakis
Carbonari (Italian revolutionary movement) 60–5, 66, 67, 74, 84, 86, 112
Carvelà, Francesco 115
Carvelà, Niccolò 115, 133
Castlereagh, Viscount (British Foreign Secretary) 92, 93, 155
Cephalonia
Byron in 204, 205, 215, 219, 231, 232, 236, 258
Byron's reasons for going to 146
communications with Missolonghi 217, 230
Karaiskakis in 247
Chaeronea (ancient battle) 11, 41
Chalandritsanos, Loukas 164, 204, 205, 206, 243–4
Chesterton, G.K. 215
Chios (destruction of, 1822) 92–3, 164
Christian, Fletcher.
See also Byron, works, The Island
Chrysso (near Delphi) 239
Clairmont, Claire 37–8, 39, 46, 52, 70, 71, 75, 79, 81, 82–3, 91, 94–6, 101–2, 103, 117, 135
Colocotroni.
See also Kolokotronis
Colonna, Cape. See Sounion
Colouri, Kolouri. See Salamis
Constantinople 3, 15, 17, 19–20, 68, 69, 77, 92, 152, 159, 199, 203
Constitution
American 155
Greek (Provisional, 1822) 92, 125, 126, 150, 153, 220
Neapolitan (1820) 60, 63
Spanish (1820) 60, 223
Venetian (before 1797) 63, 66
Coray.
See also Korais
Corfu 143, 160, 165, 169, 194, 195, 214, 218
Corgialegno (banking family, Cephalonia) 170, 189, 303
Corinth 148, 150, 156, 196, 240, 312
Corinth, The Siege of.
See also Byron, works
Cranidi. See Kranidi
Crete 24, 53, 67, 148, 216, 268
Dante Alighieri 55–6, 118, 120
Danube 76
Dawkins, Edward 101, 105, 109
Delladecima, Count Demetrio 161–2, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177, 181, 182, 183, 189, 190, 191, 197, 203, 204, 215
Delphi 8, 10, 11, 239
Dervenakia (battle, 1822) 148, 151
Diodati, Villa 38–9, 40, 41, 42, 46, 47, 56, 59, 135, 174, 193
Dodona (ancient site) 276
Don Juan (Shelley's boat) 94, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
Doppelgänger 40, 97–100, 111
D’Orsay, Count Alfred 128
Dragomestre (Astakos) 205, 206, 223, 242
Drakos, Georgios and Anastasios 158, 232
Duffie, Lieutenant-Colonel John 160, 181
Durrell, Lawrence 14
Eastlake, Thomas 16
Edinburgh Review 57, 58
Edleston, John 21, 27–8
Elgin, Thomas Bruce, Lord 12–13, 14, 21, 25
Ellinika Chronika. See Greek Chronicle
Ephesus 16–17, 19, 35, 39
Epidaurus
1st National Assembly at (1822) 92, 151, 152
Provisional Constitution of (1822) 153, 220
Euboea 158, 216
Examiner, The 72, 73, 90
Falcieri, Tita (Giovanni Battista) 134
Faliro (Phalerum) 271
Fidari (river) 241
Finlay, George xvii, 192, 194, 224, 239, 259
History of the Greek Revolution 148, 150, 169, 213, 245, 257, 258, 270
mistaken by Byron for Shelley's ghost 192–3
testimony of 223, 241, 244
Fletcher, William 20, 21, 22, 37, 134, 190, 191, 204, 242
Florida (brig) 268
Foggi, Elise 82, 94, 95
Foot, Michael 120
Forrester, James 212
Forresti, Spyridon 3–4, 277
Fotomaras (Souliot chieftain) 158, 232
Freud, Sigmund 14
Fyteies (Aitoloakarnania).
See also Machalas
Gamba family 54, 60, 61, 62, 66, 80, 82, 83, 87, 104, 105, 118, 147
Gamba, Pietro
at Missolonghi 218–19, 220, 223, 229, 230, 231, 251, 258, 259, 263
in Cephalonia 170, 173, 181, 183, 189, 190, 195, 199
in Italy 60, 64, 65, 79, 80, 86, 104, 114, 134, 135, 136
journey to Missolonghi 204, 205, 206
testimony of 126, 146, 171, 203, 206, 211, 213, 216, 217, 218, 219, 227, 229, 230, 231, 236, 237, 241, 242, 246, 250, 254, 258, 259, 260, 262, 266
Gamba, Ruggero 54, 60, 79, 101, 104, 117, 136
Gastouni (Eleia) 229, 232, 237, 238, 260
Geneva 37, 38, 43, 69
Geneva, Lake of 3
9, 42–6, 139
Genoa 100, 103, 105, 114, 115, 116, 143, 146, 159, 171, 206, 217, 258
Byron in 116, 117–36, 137, 144, 145, 146, 191, 219
Giraud, Nicolo 21–3, 28, 31, 33, 43, 139, 205, 243, 244
Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft. See Shelley, Mary
Godwin, William 38, 41
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von 32, 84, 97, 98, 146, 166
Gordon (Byron's mother's family) 165, 171
Gordon, Thomas 126, 149, 150, 171
Greek Chronicle 220–1, 222–3, 224, 230, 235, 250, 253, 256, 267, 269
Green, Philip James 304
Gregory V (Ecumenical Patriarch) 77
Guiccioli, Alessandro 54, 56, 59–60, 63, 105
Guiccioli, Teresa 54–7, 59–60, 64, 79–80, 82, 83, 89, 93, 101, 104, 105, 106, 108, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 129, 132, 134–5, 136, 171, 173, 189, 191, 258
Hancock, Charles 196, 204, 217
Hanson, John 15, 26
Hastings, Frank Abney 257
Hellespont 18–19, 36
Hercules (ship) xvi, xvii, 134, 135, 136, 137, 144, 145, 146, 147, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 165, 166, 168, 169, 171, 175, 176, 183, 195, 201, 232
Hesiod 121
Hobhouse, John Cam
and London Greek Committee 115–30, 136, 170, 172, 173
and Pausanias 41, 51, 174
as Radical Whig 61
at Pisa (1823) 115, 133
Byron's letters to 21, 22, 26, 55, 65, 117, 132, 175, 177, 180, 181, 191, 202
with Byron in Greece 3–20, 24, 25, 35, 39, 137, 158, 162, 242, 243, 248, 271
writes to Byron 258, 263, 264–5
Homer 10, 17, 19, 33, 53, 59, 70, 133, 162, 163, 174
Hope, Thomas
Anastasius 85
Hoppner, Richard and Mrs 82–3, 95
Howe, Samuel Gridley 192
Hume, Joseph (MP) 124
Hunt, John 119, 138, 212
Hunt, Leigh 72, 84, 90, 94, 95, 102, 104–6, 109, 114, 117, 118–19, 133, 135, 147, 172, 212
Hunt, Marianne 94, 118
Hydra
Mavrokordatos in (1823) 159, 175–7, 178, 179, 185–8, 202
Primates of 143, 175, 176, 180, 181, 183, 187, 189
Hydra, Hydriots
dominate Greek government (1824) 216, 234–5
fleet 76, 148, 157, 198–9, 200, 205, 214, 216, 268
Hypsilantes.
See also Ypsilantis
Idra, Idriots. See Hydra, Hydriots
Ignatios, Metropolitan of Hungary and Wallachia 69, 70, 74–5, 78, 91, 124, 131, 143, 144, 145, 150, 153, 155, 169, 175, 176, 212, 246, 264, 269
Ioannina 3, 4, 6, 39, 92, 125, 185, 198, 233, 248, 255, 271
Ionian Islands 3, 5, 9, 143, 145, 146, 149, 154, 157, 161, 188, 203, 214, 221, 254, 259
Istanbul. See Constantinople
Ithaca 248
Byron's visit to 137, 168, 169
violation of neutrality in 199, 200, 214
Izmir. See Smyrna
Kalavryta 149, 183
Kapodistrias, Ioannis 74
Kapsalis, Christos 253
Karaiskakis, Georgios 247–57, 258, 259, 260, 262, 265, 267, 268, 271
Karatzas, Ioannis 69, 77, 90
Karpenisi 169
Karvelas.
See also Carvelà
Karytaina 267
Kasomoulis, Nikolaos 254–5, 256, 310
Kasos 268
Kea (Tzia) 20
Keats, John 111
Kennedy, Dr James 131, 160, 170, 190, 191, 192, 193–4
Kinnaird, Douglas 46, 85, 97, 115, 116, 120, 127, 131, 132, 134, 202, 203, 219, 258
klefts
and kleftic songs 6, 8, 9, 10, 19, 32, 33, 59, 263
in the Greek Revolution 149–50, 153, 180, 248, 249
Kolettis, Ioannis 271
Kolokotronis, Gennaios 240
Kolokotronis, Panos 216, 240, 267, 312
Kolokotronis, Theodoros 149–50, 151, 152–3, 154, 156, 180, 196, 197
and Byron 187, 238
in 1st civil war (1824) 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 237, 240, 267
Vice-President of Executive 155, 156–7, 169, 175, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 188, 271
Kolouri. See Salamis
Korais, Adamantios (Coray) 9, 70, 294
Koryalenias.
See also Corgialegno
Kosciusko, Tadeusz 203, 212
Koundouriotis, Georgios 234–5, 237, 265, 267, 269, 271
Kranidi
Byron invited to 240–1
Mavrokordatos recalled to 234–7, 248, 265
seat of government (January–April 1824) 216, 228, 234, 238, 250, 252, 256, 271
Krazeisen, Karl 212
Lampedusa, Giuseppe di 238
Leake, William Martin 4
Lefkada.
See also Santa Maura
Leghorn. See Livorno
Leigh, Augusta 31, 33, 64, 189, 258
Leonidas (Spetsiot brig) 201, 305
Lepanto 250, 252
battle of (1571) 215
campaign against (1824) 215–16, 227, 229–31, 233, 234, 235, 239, 248, 257, 265
Lerici 103, 106, 117
Lewis, Benjamin 134, 242
Liberal, The 84, 90, 95, 104, 105, 106, 111, 118, 119, 212
Libovisi (birthplace of Kolokotronis) 149
Literary Gazette 82
Livorno
Byron calls at (July 1823) 144–7, 155, 156, 157, 158, 166, 170, 201
Byron living near (1822) 101, 103–5
Greek exiles in 69, 125, 133, 143, 161, 241
Shelley sails from (8 July 1822) 105, 106
London Greek Committee
activities in Greece 194, 195, 223, 242, 245
approach to Byron (1823) 126–30
Byron's communications with (1823–1824) 130–3, 134, 158, 160, 170–1, 172, 173, 180, 195, 196, 202, 251
formation of (1823) 124–6
Greek relations with 144, 154, 155, 172, 179, 182, 270
Londos, Andreas 19, 37, 74, 149, 235
Byron's host (1809–10) 8–9, 21, 24, 25, 244
political position (1823–4) 149, 157, 228–9, 232
Louriotis, Andreas
and London Greek Committee 125
confidant of Mavrokordatos 154, 155, 159, 177, 185
correspondence with Byron 176
in Greece (1823) 153, 155, 159, 169
mission to Byron in Cephalonia 187, 188–9, 195, 198, 214, 232
mission to Byron in Genoa 126, 128, 130, 131
Loutraki (Ambracian Gulf) 7, 8, 10
Louverdos, Maris (skipper) 221
Lucca 105, 107, 108, 117
Luriotti.
See also Louriotis
Lyon (Byron's dog at Missolonghi) 204, 232
Machalas (Fyteies) 249, 253
Maitland, Thomas 143, 190, 214
Makri, Theresa 14–15, 25
Malta 3, 6, 18, 28, 189, 228
Mani 155
Marathon 57
Marchand, Leslie 107
Marmarotouris, Ioannis 23–5, 28, 37, 53, 279
Matthews, Charles 20, 22, 27
Mavrogordato, C. N. (merchant at Pisa) 144
Mavrogordato, Giorgio (merchant at Pisa) 144
Mavrokordatos, Alexandros
after Byron's death 261, 267, 268, 269–71
and Byron's death 262, 263
and Metropolitan Ignatios 143, 144, 269
and the Eastern Question 69–70, 227
and the Shelleys 68–79, 85, 87, 89, 90, 91
architect of Provisional Constitution (1822) 92, 220
arrives at Missolonghi (December 1823) 198–9
as leading moderniser (1823–1824) 149, 150, 152, 153–7, 160, 161, 169, 178–80, 187–8, 189, 264, 267, 271
Byron allies himself with 198, 199–200, 203, 207
correspondence with Byron 151, 159, 175, 180, 181, 183, 185, 186–7, 188, 189, 196–7, 199, 200–3, 206
described 68, 212
&n
bsp; in Greece (1821–1822) 92, 125, 151–2
in Hydra (autumn 1823) 175–7, 185–8
temperament 186
with Byron at Missolonghi 260, 265, 266–7, 268, 271
Mavromichalis, Petrobey 155, 187, 196, 228
Medwin, Thomas 57, 70, 74, 89, 90, 97, 99, 100, 105, 108, 109, 114, 117, 130, 213
Melos 270
Mercati, Count Pier Andrea 311
Metaxas, Konstantinos 180, 200
Metaxata (Cephalonia) 172, 175, 190, 192, 193, 195, 203
Meyer, Johann Jakob (editor, Greek Chronicle) 220, 222, 225, 230, 269
Miaoulis, Admiral Andreas 198
Milan 51, 115
Milbanke, Annabella.
See also Byron, Lady
Millingen, Dr Julius 194, 195, 247, 248, 261, 262
testimony of 68, 161, 190, 191, 211, 219, 223, 229, 242, 245, 248, 251, 254, 257, 258, 260, 261, 296
Missolonghi
arrival of Greek fleet at (December 1823) 195, 199, 200
Byron urged to make his HQ 144
Byron's actions at 6, 91, 133, 137, 167, 171, 173, 260, 264–7
Byron's communications with 169, 170, 175, 180, 199–200, 201–2
Byron's death at 20, 31, 41, 263, 268, 269
Byron's journey to 207
Mavrokordatos described at 68, 212
Mavrokordatos in (1821) 78
Mavrokordatos returns from (1824) 270
siege of (1822) 148, 152
siege of (1826) 191, 271
under threat (autumn 1823) 143, 148, 185, 186–7
visited by Byron in 1809 8
Mitford, William 25–6, 63, 137
Moldavia 69, 77
Moore, Thomas 64, 66, 80, 86, 95, 99, 106, 111, 112, 114, 242
Morea. See Peloponnese
Morning Chronicle, The 72, 73
Mostras, Dimitrios 144
Murray, John 55, 63, 83, 85, 119, 165, 212, 213
Mustai (pasha of Skodra) 185, 198, 247
Nafpaktos, Naupaktos. See Lepanto
Nafplio 148, 150, 179, 182, 187, 195, 196, 216, 240, 267
Byron invited to 183, 188, 195, 232
Napier, Colonel Charles James 146, 152, 159–60, 172, 173, 174, 177, 179–80, 188, 189, 190, 194, 195, 197, 201, 257
Naples 82, 83, 94, 95
revolution in (1820–1821) 60, 63, 64, 65, 68
Napoleon 3, 5, 37, 41, 120, 136, 145, 201, 211
National Assembly (1st, 1822). See Epidaurus
National Assembly (2nd, 1823).
See also Astros
nationalism 55–6, 62, 63, 78, 92, 116, 123–4, 138, 156, 165, 181, 184, 191, 194, 203, 219, 226–7, 272, 283
Negris, Theodoros 238–9, 250, 265, 266, 267, 268
Newstead Abbey 26, 232
Nicolson, Harold xvi, xvii, 147, 195, 196, 285, 298, 305
Odessa 74
Odysseus (Homeric hero) 59, 162, 163
Byron's War Page 47