The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, October 1884, No. 1Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle
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The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, October 1884, No. 1
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P. 73.—“Ariadne,” a-ri-adˈne; “Hesperides,” hes-perˈi-des; “Mnemosyne,”
mne-mosˈy-ne; “Parnassus,” par-nasˈsus; “Clio,” cliˈo; “Melpomene,”
mel-pomˈe-ne; “Thalia,” thaˈli-a; “Calliope,” cal-liˈo-pe; “Urania,”
u-raˈni-a; “Euterpe,” eu-terˈpe; “Polyhymnia,” polˈy-hymˌni-a; “Erato,”
erˈa-to; “Terpsichore,” terp-sichˈo-re.
“Dodona,” do-doˈna. In Epirus.
P. 75.—“Panathenaia,” pan-athˌe-naiˈa.
“Erechtheium,” erˈech-theiˌum. So called because Erechtheus, a former
king of Athens, was said to have been buried there.
“Athene Polias.” The name given to Athene when she was represented as
protectress of the state.
P. 77.—“Kallirhoë,” kal-lirˈho-ë. A famous well of Athens, still called
by its ancient name.
P. 78.—“Obolus,” ŏbˈo-lŭs. A small silver coin, worth about three cents.
“Cinerary,” cinˈer-a-ry. The word means pertaining to ashes, and was
applied to those urns used by the ancients to hold the ashes of the dead.
P. 80.—“Gizeh,” jeeˈzeh, or geeˈzeh. A village of Egypt three miles from
Cairo. The three great pyramids are but five miles from Gizeh.
“Labyrinth.” The one here referred to was at Arsinoë, in Egypt.
P. 81.—“Hippodrome,” hipˈpo-drome; “Platanistæ,” plat-a-nisˈtæ;
“Eurytus,” euˈry-tus; “Aristodemus,” a-risˈto-deˈmus.
P. 82.—“Cynosarges,” cynˈo-sarˌges. A gymnasium built for Athenians born
of foreign mothers.
“Antisthenes,” an-tisˈthe-nes.
“Lycabettus,” lyc-a-betˈtus. A mountain northeast of Athens and close to
the wall.
P. 93.—“Epidaurus,” epˈi-dauˈrus; “Trœzen,” trœ-zenˈ; “Phlius,” phliˈus;
“Sicyon,” sishˈi-on; “Malea,” ma-leˈa; “Pheidon,” phiˈdon.
P. 94.—“Eurysthenes,” eu-rysˈthe-nes. “Procles,” proˈcles.
P. 96.—“Carystus,” ca-rysˈtus. A town on the southern coast of Eubœa.
“Diagorids,” di-agˈo-rids. So called from Diagoras, of Rhodes, the first
of the family who distinguished himself in the Grecian games.
“Aristomenes,” ar-is-tomˈe-nes. See page 99 of History.
P. 97.—“Prytaneum,” prytˈa-nēˌum. “A public hall in Athens regarded as
the home of the city, in which the duties of hospitality were exercised
on behalf of the city to its own citizens and strangers.”
P. 98.—“Amphia,” am-phiˈa; “Ithome,” i-thoˈme; “Theopompus,”
theˈo-pomˈpus.
P. 99.—“Stenyclaros,” stenˈy-claˌros.
P. 100.—“Ceadas,” ceˈa-das; “Rhegium,” rheˈgi-um.
“Bacchiad.” So called from Bacchis, king of Corinth. They had held the
supreme power for a long time.
P. 101.—“Eëtion,” e-eˈti-on.
“Lapithæ,” lapˈi-thæ. So called from their ancestor, Lapithes. They were
inhabitants of Thessaly, and are fabled to have fought with the Centaurs
and defeated them. “Cypselus,” cypˈse-lus.
P. 102.—“Thrasybulus,” thrasˌy-buˈlus; “Lycophron,” lycˈo-phron.
P. 103.—“Sancho Panza,” sănkˈo pănˈza. The esquire of Don Quixote.
“Eupatrids,” eūˈpa-trĭd.
P. 104.—“Stadium,” stāˈdi-ŭm. A Greek measure of length of a little over
six hundred feet. “Theagenes,” the-agˈe-nes.
P. 105.—“Diasia,” di-aˈsi-a. The name is derived from the Greek word for
god and means pertaining to the god.
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