“Zeuxis.” A painter who lived in the latter part of the fifth century B. C. Part of his life was spent in the practice of his art in Macedonia, thence he went to Magna Græca, where at Croton he painted his masterpiece, a Helen. Zeuxis made a great fortune by his painting. P. 61.—“Diogenes.” He came from Laërte, in Cilicia, and probably lived in the second century A. D. He is the author of “The Lives of the Philosophers,” a work in ten books. Almost nothing is known of his life. P. 62.—“Tacitus,” tacˈi-tus. (A. D. 55-117.) A Roman historian. His histories of the condition and customs of the Britains and Germans are trustworthy accounts, written in a clear and concise style. A history of Rome is his most ambitious work. The “Germania” mentioned was a history of the origin, customs, situation and peoples of Germany. P. 70.—“Darics,” dărˈic. The word is derived from Darius, and applied to an ancient Persian coin weighing about 128 grains, and bearing on one side the figure of an archer. BRIEF HISTORY OF GREECE. P. 2.—“Freeman,” Edward. (1823-⸺.) An English historian, the author of several valuable works. P. 3.—“Amphictyonic,” am-phicˈty-ŏnˌic. “Nabanasser,” na-bon-nasˈser. A king of Babylon, the date of whose accession was fixed by the Babylonian astronomers as the era from which they reckoned. It began February 26, B. C. 747. “Medea,” me-deˈa. The daughter of the king of Colchi by the aid of whose charms (she was a powerful sorceress) Jason obtained the fleece. “Alcmene,” alc-meˈne. The daughter of the king of Mycenæ. Her promised husband being absent, Jupiter assumed his form and under this disguise married her. “Eurystheus,” eu-rysˈthe-us. P. 4.—“Meleager,” meˌle-aˈger; “Theseus,” theˈse-us; “Calydon,” calˈy-don. An ancient city of Ætolia (see map of Greece). “Menelaus,” menˈe-laˌus; “Agamemnon,” agˌa-memˈnon. “Achilles,” a-chilˈles. P. 5.—“Odyssey,” ŏdˈys-sey; “Ulysses,” u-lysˈses. “Ithaca,” ithˈa-ca. A small island in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Epirus. “Penelope,” pe-nelˈo-pe. “Pelops,” peˈlops. Fabled to have been the son of Jupiter. The king of Pisa in Elis from whom the peninsula of Greece, the Peloponnesus, took its name. P. 6.—“Cyrene,” cy-reˈne; “Massilia,” mas-silˈi-a. P. 9.—“Messenia,” mes-seˈni-a. For these wars see page 97 of History. “Cecrops,” ceˈcrops; “Codrus,” coˈdrus. P. 10.—“Areopagus,” ăr-e-ŏpˈa-gŭs. P. 11.—“Hippias,” hipˈpi-as; “Hipparchus,” hip-parˈchus. “Alcmæonidæ,” alcˈmæ-onˌi-dæ; “Megacles,” megˈa-cles. P. 13.—“Ahura Mazda,” or Ormuzd, a-huˈra mazˈda. The supreme deity of the ancient Persians. P. 14.—“Mardonius,” mar-doˈni-us; “Athos,” aˈthos. P. 15.—“Phidippides,” phi-dipˈpi-des. P. 16.—“Dionysiac,” di-o-nysˈi-ac. See page 75 of History. “Pan.” The god of flocks and shepherds among the Greeks. P. 18.—“Demaratus,” demˈa-raˌtus. P. 20.—“Simonides,” si-monˈi-des. P. 21.—“Himera,” himˈe-ra. See map in History. “Gelo,” geˈlo; “Pausanius,” pau-saˈni-as; “En route,” On the way.