Byron

The city's cannons sounded 37 times in Messolonghi on the day that Lord Byron breathed his last, one for each year of his short life.

The American School of Classical Studies (54 Souidias) presents "Lord Byron and Greece, 200 Years On," commemorating the bicentennial of Byron's death at Messolonghi.

Greek sculptor Praxitelis Tzanoulinos, funded by entrepreneur Georgios Koukis, honoured Lord Byron by presenting the sculpture

Marking the 200th anniversary of the great poet and philhellene Lord Byron's death, the Athenian Historical Dance Group presents a performance set in the 19th century at the Parnassos Literary Society (8 Agiou Georgiou Karitsi). Dancers in period costumes will perform to the music of Lord Byron's contemporaries like Rossini, Paganini and Schubert.

"Britain and Greece have a co-ownership of Byron; in Britain as a foremost poet and in Greece as someone associated with Greek liberation," says Lord Lytton, a fourth-generation descendant of Lord Byron, in a special edition of Kathimerini.

Defence Minister Nikos Dendias has attended the opening of a two-day festival at Trinity College Cambridge in England to mark with the bicentenary of Lord Byron's death on 19 April 1824, in Messolongi, Greece.

As we celebrated Greek Independence Day on March 25th, we took a deeper look at one of the crucial figures of the Greek Revolution of 1821, Lord Byron. 

Aside from his status as a world-renowned poet at the time, he was also perhaps the most famous philhellene to travel to Greece and ultimately give his life for Greek independence in 1824, 200 years ago. 

A handwritten notebook with "Ode to Lord Byron" by Greece's national poet Dionysios Solomos underwent conservation at the Byzantine & Christian Museum in Athens.

Primary sources hold that had he not died prematurely in Messolongi almost 200 years ago, Lord Byron would have been offered the throne of Greece and ruled the newly established kingdom as its first monarch. It is quite possible that Lord Byron was the King George I that Greece never had.

The British Embassy in Athens and the Benaki Museum have launched a new collaborative initiative, with the "Grand Tour" exhibition. As part of this initiative, the UK Government Art Collection is loaning 17 pieces from the British Ambassador's Residence in Athens to the Benaki for display at its Ghika Gallery, through June 1, 2025.