Tarsia Macri [Ταρσια Μακρή]

(1810 fl.)

LBT ID: TaMacri1810
SOURCES: Marchand, Byron, a Biography (1957)
Byron's landlady during his 1809 sojourn in Athens; widow of the English vice-consul Procopius Macri (d. 1799), mother of three daughters, Mariana, Katinka, and Teresa, to whom Byron addressed his poem “Maid of Athens.”
REFERENCES TO Tarsia Macri [Ταρσια Μακρή]: Galt, John, 1779-1839, The Life of Lord Byron (London: Henry Colburn, 1830) Chapter XVIII Found 1: ¶ 11 Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830) Life of Byron: 1810 Found 2: ¶ 2 ¶ 4