Athens, Morning Stroll; Choragic Monument of Lysicrates; Byron's Greece Statue

See also, Lysicrates Monument, Capuchin Monastery, Lord Byron

Lord Byron, Letter to John Cam Hobhouse, The Convent, Athens, August 23d. 1810

"I am most auspiciously settled in the Convent, which is more commodious than any tenement I have yet occupied, with room for my suite...we are very disorderly"

It is said he sometimes used the hollow monument of Lysicrates as his study.

Letter to Francis Hodgson, Athens - January 20th, 1811:

"I am living in the Capuchin Convent, Hymettus before me, the Acropolis behind, the temple of Jove to my right, the Stadium in front, the town to the left, eh, Sir, there's a situation, there's your picturesque!"

Roman Baths (above)

Pictures from Edward Lear's Grecian Travels