P. 212.—“Electra.” Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. On the return of Agamemnon from the Trojan war, Clytemnestra and her paramour murdered him. When her young brother, Orestes, had grown to manhood, Electra excited him to avenge the death of Agamemnon, and assisted him in slaying their mother. P. 213.—“Medea.” The wife of Jason, the Argonautic hero. “Pieria,” pi-eˈri-a. A narrow strip of country along the southeastern coast of Macedonia. “Harmonia.” Daughter of Mars and Venus, and wife of Cadmus. P. 216.—In connection with the chapter on Ar-is-tophˈan-es, the following works may be read: Mahaffy’s “Classical Greek Literature” (readings will be found in this book on all the characters mentioned in “College Greek Course”), “Aristophanes,” _National Quarterly_, vol. iii, p. 70: _Fraser’s Magazine_, vol. xii, p. 222. P. 219.—“Creon.” Cleon is meant, the “leather-seller” who for six years was the most influential man in Athens. He took command of the forces at Sphac-teˈri-a, during the Peloponnesian war, and fulfilled the promise he had boastingly made, that he would capture the Spartans within twenty days if the Athenians would send him against them. P. 220.—“Tableaux vivants,” tä-blō vē-väⁿᵍ. Living representations, in which persons are grouped as in pictures. We frequently use only the first of these French words. “Sophˈist.” The Sophists were the leading public teachers in Greece during the fifth and fourth centuries B. C. In its original sense, the word meant a wise man, and as such could properly be applied to Socrates. But in his day, as a class, they were “ostentatious imposters, flattering and duping the rich for the sake of personal gain.” P. 225.—“Rhea.” The wife of Saturn, and the great goddess of the world. “Hebrus.” The principal river in Thrace. P. 226.—Readings on Pindar will be found in Talfourd’s “History of Greek Literature,” _National Quarterly_, vol. xxxii, p. 203; _London Magazine_, vol. ii, p. 60. Readings on Sappho, _The Atlantic_ (T. W. Higginson), vol. xxviii, p. 83; _Harper’s Magazine_, vol. lvi, p. 177; _Appleton’s Magazine_, vol. vi, p. 158. Readings on Simonides, _Westminster Review_, vol. xxxii, p. 99; _Fraser’s Magazine_, vol. ii, p. 52. P. 228.—“Dithyrambics,” dith-y-ramˈbics. Originally songs in honor of Bacchus; later, any poems written in a wild and enthusiastic manner. “The Ivy-clad Boy.” Bacchus. “Bromius.” One of the surnames of Bacchus, signifying the shouter. “Eriboas.” See index of “College Greek Course.” P. 229.—“Prophet of Nemea’s strand.” Jupiter. “Orchomenus,” or-komˈe-nus. An ancient and powerful city of Bœotia. “Minˈyans.” An ancient Greek race, said to have migrated from Thessaly. Their ancestral hero, Minyas, is said to have been a son of Neptune. P. 230.—“A-glaiˈa,” “Eu-phrosˈy-ne,” “Tha-liˈa.” The names of the Graces. “A-soˈpi-chus.” See index to “College Greek Course.”