拜伦(Lord Byron)，英国十八世纪浪漫主义文学的代表诗人，是英国皇家科学学会的成员 (全称 Fellow of the Royal Society［1］)，更是一个标榜自我放逐生涯的贵族，足迹遍及意大利和希腊，在希腊，他更是为奉为民族英雄，这也是影片第一部分开篇拍摄地定在希腊的原因。
“When one subtracts from life infancy (which is vegetation), sleep, eating and swilling, buttoning and unbuttoning - how much remains of downright existence? The summer of a dormouse.” - Lord Byron (Journal, Dec. 7, 1813/ 电影中43‘35’‘) ［2］
1. 1812年，与已婚的 Lady Caroline Lamb (嫁给的是William Lamb,后在Caroline死后成为2nd Viscount Melbourne)的公开恋情。Caroline 是天蝎座的女人拜伦在忍受不了Caroline 疯狂的爱情之后，结束了这段公开的感情。他在电影里这样说道："She was never my type, too small and thin. And think herself intellectual having once read the preface to a novel." 受到丑闻的影响，Lady Caroline 的丈夫William 将她移送至爱尔兰。
2. Augusta Leigh，拜伦同父异母的姐姐，水瓶座。拜伦在经过Lady Caroline的疯狂之后，在Augusta的怀里，俨如刚刚躲过了暴风骤雨的小船划入了宁静的港湾。这段感情被本片着以浓墨。Augusta 后来
3. Anne Isabella Milbanke， 此女人的名字和成为比较复杂(Anne Isabella Noel Byron, 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron )，感兴趣的朋友可以 wikipedia 一下。二人后结婚，但婚姻生活不幸。Augusta为金牛座，享年68岁(当时应该算长寿了)。
Novr. 13th, 1814
My dear Lady Mel［bourn］e.
...I hear of nothing but "feeling" from morning till night--except from Sir Ralph with whom I go on to admiration--Ly. M［ilbanke］ too is pretty well--but I am never sure of A［nnabella］--for a moment--the least word--and you know I rattle on through thick & thin ...for my part I have lately had recourse to the eloquence of action..."
［1］ 英国皇家科学学会(Fellow of the Royal Society，简称 FRS) 成立于1660年，由英国国王查里斯二世在位时期创立。当时的英国刚刚复辟，结束了短暂的“共和国时期”，而查理斯二世，作为被砍头的查理斯一世之子，也结束了8年流亡法国的生涯，回到了英国开始了一段英国历史上独一无二的"Merry Monarch"时期。
［2］ http://engphil.astate.edu/gallery/Byronq.html
［3］ Byronic hero
The figure of the Byronic hero pervades much of his work, and Byron himself is considered to epitomise many of the characteristics of this literary figure. Scholars have traced the literary history of the Byronic hero from John Milton, and many authors and artists of the Romantic movement show Byron's influence during the 19th century and beyond, including Charlotte and Emily Brontë. The Byronic hero presents an idealised, but flawed character whose attributes include［citation needed］: great talent; great passion; a distaste for society and social institutions; a lack of respect for rank and privilege; being thwarted in love by social constraint or death; rebellion; exile; an unsavory secret past; arrogance; overconfidence or lack of foresight; and, ultimately, a self-destructive manner.
