The convent and village of Zitza are four hours' journey from Joannina, or Yanina, the capital of the Pachalick. In the valley the river Kalamas (once the Acheron) flows, and, not far from Zitza, forms a fine cataract. The situation is perhaps the finest in Greece, though the approach to Delvinachi and parts of Acarnania and Ætolia may contest the palm. Delphi, Parnassus, and, in Attica, even Cape Colonna and Port Raphti, are very inferior; as also every scene in Ionia, or the Troad: I am almost inclined to add the approach to Constantinople; but, from the different features of the last, a comparison can hardly be made. 21. Here dwells the caloyer. Stanza xlix. line 6. The Greek monks are so called. [_Caloyer_ is derived from the late Greek καλόγηρος[kalo/gêros], "good in old age," through the Italian _caloieso_. Hence the accent on the last syllable.--_N. Eng. Dict._] 22. Nature's volcanic Amphitheatre. Stanza li. line 2. The Chimariot mountains appear to have been volcanic. [By "Chimæra's Alps" Byron probably meant the Ceraunian Mountains, which are "woody to the top, but disclose some wide chasms of red rock" (_Travels in Albania_, i. 73) to the north of Jannina,--not the Acroceraunian (Chimariot) Mountains, which run from north to south-west along the coast of Mysia. "The walls of rock (which do not appear to be volcanic) rise in tiers on every side, like the seats and walls of an amphitheatre" (H. F. Tozer). The near distance may have suggested an amphitheatre; but he is speaking of the panorama which enlarged on his view, and uses the word not graphically, but metaphorically, of the entire "circle of the hills."] 23. Behold black Acheron! Stanza li. line 6. Now called Kalamas. 24. In his white capote. Stanza lii. line 7. Albanese cloak. [The _capote_ (feminine of _capot_, masculine diminutive of _cope_, cape) was a long shaggy cloak or overcoat, with a hood, worn by soldiers, etc.--_N. Eng. Dict_., art. "Capote."] 25. The Sun had sunk behind vast Tomerit. Stanza lv. line 1. Anciently Mount Tomarus.