Spirit of Freedom! when on Phyle's brow
Thou sat'st with Thrasybulus and his train.
[Stanza lxxiv.] lines 1 and 2.
Phyle, which commands a beautiful view of Athens, has still considerable remains: it was seized by Thrasybulus, previous to the expulsion of the Thirty.
[Byron and Hobhouse caught their first glance of Athens from this spot, December 25, 1809. (See Byron's note.) "The ruins," says Hobhouse, "are now called Bigla Castro, or The Watchtower.">[
35.
Receive the fiery Frank, her former guest.
[Stanza lxxvii.] line 4.
When taken by the Latins, and retained for several years. See Gibbon. [From A.D. 1204 to 1261.]