“Speusippus,” speu-sipˈpus. An Athenian philosopher. A nephew of Plato, whom he succeeded as president of the First Academy. “Xenocrates,” xe-nocˈra-tes. (396-314 B. C.) A philosopher who succeeded Speusippus as president of the Academy. “Polemon,” polˈe-mon. The Athenian philosopher who succeeded Xenocrates as president of the Academy. P. 46.—“Autochthon,” au-tokˈthon; “Phratries,” phrāˈtres; “Apollo Patrôus,” pa-trôˈus. “Ion,” iˈon. Fabled to have been the ancestor of the Ionians, from whom they took their name. P. 48.—“Lucian,” lūˈshan. See page 65 of History. “Menippus,” me-nipˈpus; “Strepsiades,” strep-siˈa-des. P. 50.—“Ion.” Of Ephesus. One of Plato’s dialogues is named from him. P. 51.—“Tyrtæus,” tyr-tæˈus. P. 52.—“Lesbian,” lesˈbi-an. From Lesbos. A large island off the coast of Asia Minor. “Alcæus,” al-cæˈus; “Anacreon,” a-naˈcre-on. “Christopher North.” The _nom de plume_ of John Wilson, a Scottish author. (1785-1854.) “Dionysos,” di-o-nyˈsus. P. 53.—“Thespis,” thesˈpis; “Trilogy,” trĭlˈo-gy. P. 54.—“Prometheus,” pro-meˈthe-us. P. 55.—“Jocasta,” jo-casˈta. P. 59.—“Halicarnassus,” halˌi-car-nasˈsus. See map. P. 62.—“Thales,” thaˈles; “Anaximander,” a-naxˈi-manˌder; “Anaxagoras,” anˈax-agˌo-ras; “Hippocrates,” hip-pocˈra-tes; “Pythagoras,” py-thagˈo-ras; “Crotona,” cro-toˈna. P. 63.—“Marsyas,” marˈsy-as. A satyr who had found a flute discarded by Athene, which emitted beautiful sounds of its own accord. Elated he challenged Apollo to a musical contest, but was defeated. Apollo flayed him alive for his presumption in contesting with him. P. 65.—“Antisthenes,” an-tisˈthe-nes. “Ceramicus,” cerˈa-miˌcus. A district of Athens, so called from Ceramus, the son of Bacchus, some say, but more probably from the potter’s art invented there. P. 69.—“Alpheus,” al-pheˈus. The chief river of the Peloponnesus. See map. “Choragic,” cho-răgˈic; “Lysicrates,” ly-sicˈra-tes. In 355 B. C. Lysicrates was chosen choragus (p. 76) and took the prize. In honor of this event he erected this monument. “Callimachus,” cal-limˈa-chus. An architect and statuary, who probably lived about 400 B. C. Very little is known of his life. P. 70.—“Propylea,” propˌy-leˈa; “Apollodorus,” a-polˈlo-doˈrus (440 B. C.); “Rembrandt,” rĕmˈbrănt (1607-1669). A famous Dutch painter. “Parrhasius,” par-rhaˈsi-us (400 B. C.). P. 71.—“Protogenes,” pro-togˈe-nes (330 B. C.); “Nicias,” nicˈi-as (320 B. C.); “Pausias,” pauˈsi-as (360 B. C.); “Scopas,” scoˈpas (395-350 B. C.). “Niobe,” niˈo-be. The subject is the vengeance of Apollo and Artemis upon the Theban Queen Niobe, who boasted that because of her fourteen children she was superior to Leda, who had but two. As a punishment all her children were destroyed. “Mausoleum,” mau-so-lēˈum. A monument built over the remains of Mausolus, king of Caria, by his wife Artemesia. P. 72.—“Poseidon,” po-seiˈdon; “Demeter,” de-meˈter; “Hestia,” hesˈtia; “Hephæstos,” he-phæsˈtos; “Aphrodite,” aphˈro-diˌte.