The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, October 1883Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
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The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, October 1883
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P. 74—“Pagasæ,” pag´a-sæ. Now Volo; also, the Pagasæan Gulf is now the
Gulf of Volo.
P. 76—“Charidemus,” char-i-de´mus.
P. 78—“Dionysia,” di-o-nys´i-a. A festival in honor of the god Bacchus,
celebrated in Athens in the spring, and with greater splendor than any
other festival of the god.
P. 78—“Choregus.” The Greek word for a leader of the chorus.
P. 78—“Apollodorus,” a´pol-lo-do=´=rus.
P. 79—“Kritobulus,” crit-o-bu´lus.
P. 81—“Phalækus,” pha-læ´cus; “Tenedos,” ten´e-dos.
P. 82—“Elaphebolion,” el´a-phe-bo=´=li-on. The Greeks divided their
year into twelve lunar months.
P. 84—“Prytaneium,” pryt-a-ne´um. The common hall of the Senate, in
which they met daily.
P. 86—“Parmenio,” par-me´ni-o. Of whom Philip said “I have never been
able to find but one general, and that is Parmenio.”
P. 86—“Attalus,” at´ta-lus.
P. 88—“Leonnatus,” le´on-na´tus.
P. 89—“Ambrakiot,” am-bra´ci-ot.
P. 90—“Eurymedon,” eu-rym´e-don.
P. 91—“Leonidas,” le-on´i-das. The hardy habits of self-denial which
Alexander displayed were attributed by him to the teachings of the
austere Leonidas.
P. 91—“Lysimachus,” ly-sim´a-chus.
P. 93—“Hæmus,” hæ´mus; “Triballi,” tri-bal´li.
P. 94—“Onchestus,” on-ches´tus; a town a little south of Lake Copias.
P. 94—“Lychnitis,” or Lychnidus, lych´ni-tis; “Kleitus,” clei´tus.
P. 94—“Glaukias,” glau´ki-as. The king of one of the Illyrian tribes.
P. 95—“Phœnix,” phœ´nix; “Proch´y-tes;” “Ephialtes,” eph´i-al´tes.
P. 95—“Sinope,” si-no´pe. The most important of all the Greek colonies
on the Black Sea in Asia Minor.
P. 95—“Diogenes,” di-og´e-nes.
P. 96—“Artaxerxes,” ar´tax-erx´es; “Mne´mon;” “O´chus;” “Bagoas,”
ba-go´as; “Codomannus,” cod-o-man´nus.
P. 97—“Abydos,” a´by-dos. It was from Abydos to Sestus that Leander
swam to Hero.
P. 98—“Philotas,” phi-lo´tas; “Har´pa-lus;” “Er´-i-gy´i-us” (ji´yus).
P. 99—“Zeleia,” ze-li´a.
P. 99—“Arrian,” ar´ri-an, (100-170 A. D.) A native of Bithynia. One of
the best writers of his time. He strove to imitate Xenophon, attached
himself to the philosopher Epictetus, as Xenophon to Socrates; wrote
the lectures of Epictetus to correspond to the Memorabilia. His best
work is a history of Alexander’s Asiatic expedition, which, both in
style and matter, is similar to the Anabasis. He wrote numerous other
works, many of which are lost.
P. 100—“Justin.” Lived in the third or fourth century. Justin left a
history of the Macedonian empire, compiled from a work now lost by
Trogus Pompeius, who lived in the time of Augustus.
P. 100—“Granicus,” gra-ni´cus; “Skepsis,” scep´sis; “Adrasteia,”
ad´ras-ti´a; “Pri-a´pus;” “Pa´ri-um;” “A-ris´be.”
P. 101—“Meleager,” me´le-a´ger; “Nikanor,” ni-ca´nor.
P. 101—“Arrhibæus,” ar´rha-bæ´us; “Ag´a-thon.”
P. 101—“Baktrians,” bac´tri-ans. The warlike inhabitants of Bactria, a
northeast province of the Persian Empire.
P. 101—“Paphlagonians,” paph=´=la-go´ni-ans. A district on the north of
Asia Minor between Bithynia and Pontus.
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