P. 49—“Bema,” be´ma. The Greek for the stage on which speakers stood. P. 50—“Phalerum,” pha-le´rum. The most easterly of the harbors of Athens. P. 50—“Eunomus,” eu´no-mus; “Perikles,” per´i-cles; “Satyrus,” sat´y-rus. P. 50—“Euripides,” eu-rip´i-des. (B. C. 480-406.) P. 50—“Sophocles,” soph´o-cles. (B. C. 495?-406). The chief of the trio of Greek dramatists. In 468 he defeated Æschylus in a dramatic contest. His character is said to have been that of a complete Greek, combining symmetry of person, skill in music and gymnastics, self-possession, genius, taste. Only seven of his dramas have been preserved. P. 51—“Dionysius of Halicarnassus.” A rhetorician who came from Halicarnassus, a city in Asia Minor, about B. C. 29. His most ambitious work is a history of Rome in twenty-two books. P. 52—“Herodotus,” he-rod´i-tus. P. 53—“Phokion,” pho´ci-on. P. 54—“Olynthians,” o-lyn´thi-ans. P. 55—“Perinthus,” pe-rin´thus. An important town in Thrace on the Propontis. P. 55—“Chares,” cha´res. P. 56—“Amphissa,” am-phis´sa. Now Salona; though destroyed by Philip, it was afterward rebuilt. P. 56—“Elateia,” el´a-te´a. Its ruins still exist near the town of Elephtha. P. 58—“Solon,” so´lon; “The-og´nis;” “Alkaeus,” al´ce-us; “Pindar,” pin´dar. P. 59—“Æschylus,” Æs´chy-lus. The great tragic poet. The Athenians called Æschylus the father of tragedy because of the changes he made in the representation of plays. He introduced a second actor, provided scenic effects, gave his actors better costumes, and introduced new figures into the choral dances. Only seven of his plays are in existence. P. 59—“Iktinus,” ic-ti´nus. A contemporary of Phidias and Pericles, and the architect of the Parthenon or temple of Minerva, on the Acropolis. P. 59—“Polygnotus,” pol´yg-no´tus. P. 59—“Aristophanes,” ar´is-toph´a-nes. The great comic poet of Athens, born about B. C. 444, but of whose private life almost nothing is known. His comedies are a series of caricatures on Athenians and their follies. P. 61—“Skardus,” skar´dus; “Ber´mi-us;” “Kam-bu´ni-an;” “Ægæ,” Æ´gæ; “E-des´sa.” P. 62—“Thermaic,” ther-ma´ic. See _Sinus Thermaicus_ on map. “Pisistratidæ,” pis´is-trat´i-dæ. P. 62—“Strymon,” stry´mon. The boundary between Thrace and Macedon down to the time of Philip. “Archelaus,” ar´che-la´us. P. 63—“_L’Etat, c’est moi._” “The State, it is I.” P. 63—“Orestes,” o-res´tes; “Aëropus,” a-er´o-pus. P. 65—“Nichomachus,” ni-chom´a-chus. P. 66—“Argæus,” ar-gæ´us; “Amphipolis,” am-phip´o-lis. P. 67—“Mantias,” man´ti-as; “Pangæus,” pan-gæ´us. P. 68—“Anthemus,” an´the-mus. P. 69—“Potidæa,” pot´i-dæ´a; “Thasians,” tha´si-ans. P. 69—“Neoptolemus,” ne´op-tol´e-mus; “Molossi,” mo-los´si; “Æakidæ,” æ-ac´i-dæ; “Samothrake,” sam´o-thra´ce. P. 70—“Sarissa,” sa-ris´sa. P. 71—“Phalangites,” fal´an-gī-tes; “Hypaspists,” hy-pas´pists; “Hetæri,” het´æ-ri. P. 72—“Paulus Æmilius,” pau´lus æ-mil´i-us. (B. C. 230-160.) A Roman general.