=Apollonius=, called =Rhodius= from his long residence in Rhodes, was born at Alexandria, and studied under Callimachus. But the master grew jealous of his pupil, and a quarrel arose between them. When, at the instigation of Callimachus, his epic poem on the Argonautic Expedition was unfavorably received by the Alexandrians, Apollonius, in his mortification, left the city and opened a school of rhetoric in Rhodes. Here he revised his poem, and became justly renowned for his brilliant attainments. After the death of Callimachus, he was recalled to Alexandria, read his epic a second time to the people, and had the satisfaction of receiving their warmest commendations with the honorable office of librarian (194 B.C.). The “Argonautica,” in four books, is all that is left of his works. We take from it the passage which describes the impression made on Medea by Jason, the leader of the expedition; compare the history of Medea as sketched in connection with the play of Euripides bearing her name, page 210. MEDEA IN LOVE. “Thus Medea went, her soul absorbed In many musings, such as love incites, Thoughts of deep care. Now all remembered things In apparition rose before her eyes: What was his aspect; what the robe he wore; What words he uttered; in what posture placed, He on the couch reclined; and with what air He from the porch passed forth. Then red the blush Burned on her cheek; while in her soul she thought No other man existed like to him: His voice was murmuring in her ears, and all The charming words he uttered. Now, disturbed, She trembled for his life; lest the fierce bulls, Or lest Æe’tes should, himself, destroy The man she loved.[38] And she bewailed him now As if already dead; and down her cheeks, In deep commiseration, the soft tear Flowed anxiously. With piercing tone of grief Her voice found utterance:‘Why, unhappy one! Am I thus wretched? What concerns it me, Whether this paragon of heroes die The death, or flee discomfited? And yet He should unharmed depart. Dread Hecate! Be it thy pleasure! let him homeward pass, And ’scape his threatened fate; or, if his fate Beneath the bulls have destined him to fall, First let him know that in his wretched end Medea does not glory.’ So disturbed, Mused the sad virgin in her anguished thoughts.” ELTON. PROSE WRITERS. =Science.=—The influence of the Alexandrian university in shaping modern science was all-potential. Among its ornaments are numbered the mathematicians Euclid and Archime’des, the astronomer Eratos’thenes, Hero the inventor of a steam-engine, and Ctesibius who devised water-clocks, pumps, and other ingenious machines.