The works of Lord Byron A new, revised and enlarged edition, with illustrations. Edited by Ernest Hartley Coleridge and R. E. Prothero |
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1809.
- July 2. Sail from Falmouth in Lisbon packet. (Stanza xii. Letter 125.)
- July 6. Arrive Lisbon. (Stanzas xvi., xvii. Letter 126.) Visit Cintra. (Stanzas xviii.-xxvi. Letter 128.) Visit Mafra. (Stanza xxix.)
- July 17. Leave Lisbon. (Stanza xxviii. Letter 127.) Ride through Portugal and Spain to Seville. (Stanzas xxviii.-xlii. Letter 127.) Visit Albuera. (Stanza xliii.)
- July 21. Arrive Seville. (Stanzas xlv., xlvi. Letters 127, 128.)
- July 25. Leave Seville. Ride to Cadiz, across the Sierra Morena. (Stanza li.) Cadiz. (Stanzas lxv.-lxxxiv. Letters 127, 128.)
Canto I.
- Aug. 6. Arrive Gibraltar. (Letters 127, 128.)
- Aug. 17. Sail from Gibraltar in Malta packet. (Stanzas xvii.-xxviii.) Malta. (Stanzas xxix.-xxxv. Letter 130.)
- Sept. 19. Sail from Malta in brig-of-war Spider. (Letter 131.)
- Sept. 23. Between Cephalonia and Zante.
- Sept. 26. Anchor off Patras.
- Sept. 27. In the channel between Ithaca and the mainland. (Stanzas xxxix.-xlii.)
- Sept. 28. Anchor off Prevesa (7 p.m.). (Stanza xlv.)
- Oct. 1. Leave Prevesa, arrive Salakhora (Salagoura).
- Oct. 3. Leave Salakhora, arrive Arta.
- Oct. 4. Leave Arta, arrive han St. Demetre (H. Dhimittrios).
- Oct. 5. Arrive Janina. (Stanza xlvii. Letter 131.)
- Oct. 8. Ride into the country. First day of Ramazan.
- Oct. 11. Leave Janina, arrive Zitza (“Lines written during a Thunderstorm”). (Stanzas xlviii.-li. Letter 131.)
- Oct. 13. Leave Zitza, arrive Mossiani (Móseri).
- Oct. 14. Leave Mossiani, arrive Delvinaki (Dhelvinaki). (Stanza liv.)
- Oct. 15. Leave Delvinaki, arrive Libokhovo.
- Oct. 17. Leave Libokhovo, arrive Cesarades (Kestourataes).
- Oct. 18. Leave Cesarades, arrive Ereeneed (Irindi).
- Oct. 19. Leave Ereeneed, arrive Tepeleni. (Stanzas lv.-lxi.)
- Oct. 20. Reception by Ali Pacha. (Stanzas lxii.-lxiv.)
- Oct. 23. Leave Tepeleni, arrive Locavo (Lacovon).
- Oct. 24. Leave Locavo, arrive Delvinaki.
- Oct. 25. Leave Delvinaki, arrive Zitza.
- Oct. 26. Leave Zitza, arrive Janina.
- Oct. 31. Byron begins the First Canto of Childe Harold.
- Nov. 3. Leave Janina, arrive han St. Demetre.
- Nov. 4. Leave han St. Demetre, arrive Arta.
- Nov. 5. Leave Arta, arrive Salakhora.
- Nov. 7. Leave Salakhora, arrive Prevesa.
- Nov. 8. Sail from Prevesa, anchor off mainland near Parga. (Stanzas lxvii., lxviii.)
- Nov. 9. Leave Parga, and, returning by land, arrive Volondorako (Valanidórakhon). (Stanza lxix.)
- Nov. 10. Leave Volondorako, arrive Castrosikia (Kastrosykia).
- Nov. 11. Leave Castrosikia, arrive Prevesa.
- Nov. 13. Sail from Prevesa, anchor off Vonitsa.
- Nov. 14. Sail from Vonitsa, arrive Lutraki (Loutráki). (Stanzas lxx., lxxii., Song “Tambourgi, Tambourgi;” stanza written in passing the Ambracian Gulph. Letter 131.)
- Nov. 15. Leave Lutraki, arrive Katúna.
- Nov. 16. Leave Katúna, arrive Makalá (? Machalas).
- Nov. 18. Leave Makalá, arrive Guriá.
- Nov. 19. Leave Guriá, arrive Ætolikon.
- Nov. 20. Leave Ætolikon, arrive Mesolonghi.
- Nov. 23. Sail from Mesolonghi, arrive Patras.
- Dec. 4. Leave Patras, sleep at Han on shore.
- Dec. 5. Leave Han, arrive Vostitsa (Œgion).
- Dec. 14. Sail from Vostitsa, arrive Larnáki (? Itea).
- Dec. 15. Leave Larnáki (? Itea), arrive Chrysó.
- Dec. 16. Visit Delphi, the Pythian Cave, and stream of Castaly. (Canto I. stanza i.)
- Dec. 17. Leave Chrysó, arrive Arakhova (Rhakova).
- Dec. 18. Leave Arakhova, arrive Livadia (Livadhia).
- Dec. 21. Leave Livadia, arrive Mazee (Mazi).
- Dec. 22. Leave Mazee, arrive Thebes.
- Dec. 24. Leave Thebes, arrive Skurta.
- Dec. 25. Leave Skurta, pass Phyle, arrive Athens. (Stanzas i.-xv., stanza lxxiv.)
- Dec. 30. Byron finishes the First Canto of Childe Harold.
- 1810.
- Jan. 13. Visit Eleusis.
- Jan. 16. Visit Mendeli (Pentelicus). (Stanza lxxxvii.)
- Jan. 18. Walk round the peninsula of Munychia.
- Jan. 19. Leave Athens, arrive Vari.
- Jan. 20. Leave Vari, arrive Keratéa.
- Jan. 23. Visit temple of Athene at Sunium. (Stanza lxxxvi.)
- Jan. 24. Leave Keratéa, arrive plain of Marathon.
- Jan. 25. Visit plain of Marathon. (Stanzas lxxxix., xc.)
- Jan. 26. Leave Marathon, arrive Athens.
- Mar. 5. Leave Athens, embark on board the Pylades (Letter 136.)
- Mar. 7. Arrive Smyrna. (Letters 132, 133.)
- Mar. 13. Leave Smyrna, sleep at Han, near the river Halesus.
- Mar. 14. Leave Han, arrive Aiasaluk (near Ephesus).
- Mar. 15. Visit site of temple of Artemis at Ephesus. (Letter 132.)
- Mar. 16. Leave Ephesus, return to Smyrna. (Letter 132.)
- Mar. 28. Byron finishes the Second Canto of Childe Harold.
- April 11. Sail from Smyrna in the Salsette frigate. (Letter 134.)
- April 12. Anchor off Tenedos.
- April 13. Visit ruins of Alexandria Troas.
- April 14. Anchor off Cape Janissary.
- April 16. Byron attempts to swim across the Hellespont, explores the Troad. (Letters 135, 136.)
- April 30. Visit the springs of Bunarbashi (Bunarbási).
- May 1. Weigh anchor from off Cape Janissary, anchor eight miles from Dardanelles.
- May 2. Anchor off Castle Chanak Kalessia (Kale i Sultaniye).
- May 3. Byron and Mr. Ekenhead swim across the Hellespont (lines “Written after swimming,” etc.).
- May 13. Anchor off Venaglio Point, arrive Constantinople. (Stanzas lxxvii.-lxxxii. Letters 138-145.)
- July 14. Sail from Constantinople in Salsette frigate.
- July 18. Byron returns to Athens.
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