of Alcibiades.-67. Themistocles is received as a suppliant by Admetus. -68. The youth of Demosthenes.-69. Socrates and Polemarchus.— 70. Dissensions at Epidamnus.-71. Themistocles and Furybiades.—72. A ghastly surprise.-73. The Persian Wars.-74. Spartan love of brevity.— 75. The Athenians are driven into the city.—76. The Battle of Marathon. -77. Surrender of Plataea.-78. Generous conduct of Croesus to Adrastus.-79. Character of Pericles.-80. Philip's opportunity.— 81. Persian Customs.-82. Death of Brasidas.-83. The Mutilation of the Hermae.-84. Adroit flattery.—85. Treatment of the Athenian prisoners by the Syracusans.-86. God the cause of good but not of evil. -87. The search for Justice. GREEK POETRY. -- 88. Oedipus, having been informed of the plague, replies.—89. Jocasta scoffingly relates an oracle given to Laius.-90. Electra narrates her misfortune.-91. False news of Orestes' death is brought to Clytemnestra. --92. Electra relates the treatment she receives from Clytemnestra.— 93. Dying speech of Ajax.-94. Menelaus and Teucer.-95. The fall of Oechalia is announced to Deianira.—96. Philoctetes entreats to be taken home.-97. Menelaus in Egypt.-98. The unregarded crowd. 99. Arrival of Ulysses in Sicily.-100. Hermione welcomes Orestes.101. Hector and Aeneas.-102. Opinions and experiences of Iolaus.103. Gratitude inculcated.-104. Wine.-105. The Cyclops laments his misfortunes.—106. "I have seen the ungodly in great prosperity.". 107. Andromache's lament for Astyanax.-108. The sacrifice of Polyxena.-109. Euripides inveighs against Athletes.-110. Love.-111. Advantages which would attend the worship of the birds by men.112. Pulvis et Umbra.-113. True Justice.-114. Woman.-115. "Not dead, but gone before."-116. Glaucus and Diomede.-117. Helen's lament for Hector.-118. Sentinels in the Greek camp.-119. An Homeric Assembly.-120. Ulysses addresses Nausicaa.-121. The Horse and the Ass.—122. A Dead Hero.-123. Beauty.—124. A Drinking Song. -125. A willing captive.—126. The Grasshopper.-127. Cupid's wound. I. The Trumpeter. Tubicen quidam, qui ad pugnam exercitum excitare solebat, quum ab hostibus captus esset, "Nolite," inquit, "me interficere, quoniam ego nemini mortem intuli; nulla enim, praeter hanc tubam, arma gero." At hostes, "Propter hoc ipsum," inquiunt, "merito morieris, quod belli omnino imperitus quum sis, alios tuâ tubâ in bellum incitare soles." Tubicen, a trumpeter. Merito, deservedly. Imperitus, unskilled. Tuba, a trumpet. II. The Farmer and his Sons. Agricola quidam moriturus, quum suis filiis, quid labor assiduus posset, demonstrare vellet, arcessit illos ad se atque ita alloquitur. "Filii, jam ego e vita discedo; bona vero, quaecumque possideo, in vinea invenietis." Haec cum dixisset senex, paulo post moritur. Filii in vinea thesaurum inesse rati, ligonibus aratrisque totum vineae solum effodiunt. Thesaurum quidem nullum inveniunt. Vineam vero fodiendo adeo fertilem reddiderunt ut vites multo uberiores fructus ferrent: quo modo divitias plurimas comparaverunt. Assiduus, continuous. Arcessere, to summon. Vinea, a vineyard. Thesaurus, a treasure. Ligo, a spade. Vitis, a vine. |