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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“Prytanes,” prytˈa-nes. A member of one of the ten sections into which
the senate was divided.
P. 106.—“Eumenides,” eu-menˈi-des. The avenging deities, or the Furies.
“Geomori,” ge-omˈo-ri.
P. 109.—“Hyperakrians,” hyˌper-akˈri-ans.
“Pediaian,” ped-iˈai-an; “Paralian,” par-aˈli-an.
P. 110.—“Lygdamis,” lygˈda-mis; “Aristogiton,” a-risˈto-giˌton;
“Harmodius,” har-moˈdi-us.
P. 111.—“Sigeion,” or Sigeum, si-geiˈon. A promontory of Asia Minor at
the entrance to the Hellespont.
“Lampsacene,” lampˈsa-ce-ne. So called from Lampsacus, a city of Asia
Minor on the coast of the Hellespont.
P. 112.—“Phaleron,” pha-leˈron. The most easterly of the harbors of
Athens. “Cleomenes,” cle-omˈe-nes.
P. 116.—“Diences,” di-enˈces.
P. 118.—“Iacchus,” i-acˈchus. A name given to Bacchus in the Eleusinian
Mysteries. On the sixth day of the festival occurred this procession.
“Æacidæ,” æ-acˈi-dæ. The descendants of Æacus, among whom were Peleus,
Achilles and Pyrrhus.
P. 119.—“Ægaleos,” æ-gaˈle-os.
P. 120.—“Psyttalea,” psytˈta-leˌa.
“Munychia,” mu-nychˈi-a. Artemis, or Diana, had a temple on a hill called
Munychia, in the peninsula of Piræus.
P. 122.—“Ecclesia,” ec-clēˈsi-a. The public legislative assembly of the
Athenians.
“Dicastery,” dī-castˈe-ry. The assembly of the jurymen: a court of
justice.
P. 125.—“Timocreon,” ti-moˈcre-on. A lyric poet of Rhodes.
P. 127.—“Eion,” e-iˈon; “Strymon,” stryˈmon.
“Cyclades,” cycˈla-des. A group of islands in the Ægean Sea. So called
because they lay in a circle around Delos, the most important of them.
P. 130.—“Mounychia,” written, also, Munychia. One of the three harbors of
the Piræus.
“Sounion,” souˈni-on, also written Sunium. The promontory at the southern
extremity of Attica.
P. 133.—“Sybota,” sybˈo-ta. A number of small islands off the coast of
Epirus, opposite Corcyra.
P. 138.—“Clazomenæ,” cla-zomˈe-næ. A city of Asia Minor. See map.
P. 140.—“Andocides,” an-docˈi-des. (B. C. 467-393?) One of the ten Attic
orators.
“Adonia,” a-doˈni-a. An annual festival held in honor of Adonis, a
beautiful youth loved by Venus, who was killed by a wound received while
on the chase.
P. 141.—“Theramenes,” the-ramˈe-nes; “Critias,” critˈi-as.
P. 142.—“Dracontides,” dra-conˈti-des.
P. 143.—“Anytus,” anˈy-tus; “Meletus,” me-leˈtus; “Lycon,” lyˈcon.
“Argimisæ,” arˈgi-miˌsæ. Three small islands opposite Mytilene in Lesbos.
The Athenians defeated the Lacedæmonians there in B. C. 406.
P. 154.—“Cardouchian,” car-douˈchi-an. See map, p. 64, of Preparatory
Greek Course.
P. 155.—“Cheirisophos,” chei-risˈo-phos; “Taochi,” taˈo-chi. See same map
as preceding.
P. 158.—“Orchomenians,” orˌchom-eˈni-ans. Inhabitants of Orchomenus, a
city of Arcadia.
P. 160.—“Itonian,” i-toˈni-an. A name of Athene, derived from the town of
Iton, in Thessaly, where she had a temple.
P. 165.—“Polibius,” po-lĭbˈ-us. (B. C. 204?-122?) Greek historian.
P. 184.—“Kurdistan,” koor-dis-tänˈ; “Gangamela,” ganˈga-meˌla.
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