 Nicolas Giraud was born in Greece to French parents ; the name by which he is most commonly known , Nicolo , was given to him by Byron . Giraud may have been the brother @-@ in @-@ law of Giovanni Battista Lusieri , a Roman painter and broker for Lord Elgin . Demetrius <unk> , Byron 's guide in Greece , informed Byron that the 60 @-@ year @-@ old Lusieri was unmarried , and was courting two women , each of whom believed that Lusieri was to marry her . Lusieri certainly had a close relationship with Giraud , so it is possible that the two were related in another way , perhaps as father and son . Byron met Giraud in Athens in January 1809 , and the two were companions until Byron resumed his travels in March . 
