“Philhellenist,” phĭl-hĕl´len-ist. A friend to Greece.
“Philathenian,” phĭl-a-the´ni-an. A friend to Athens.
“Actium,” ac´ti-um.
P. 264.—“Ægina,” æ-gi´na; “Eretria,” e-re´tri-a.
“Stoa,” sto´a. Halls or porches supported by pillars, and used as places of resort in the heat of the day.
“Athene Archegetes,” a-the´ne ar-cheg´e-tes; “Peisistratus,” pi-sis´tra-tus; “Nikopolis,” ni-cop´o-lis.
P. 265.—“Cæsarean,” cæ-sā´re-an.
“Seneca.” (B. C. 5?-A. D. 65.) A Roman Stoic philosopher. The tutor and afterward adviser of Nero. When the excesses of the latter had made Seneca’s presence irksome to him, he was dismissed and soon after, by order of Nero, put to death. His writings were mainly philosophical treatises.
“Agrippina,” ag-rip-pi´na. Nero was the son of Agrippina by her first husband. On her marriage with her third husband, the Emperor Claudius, she prevailed upon the latter to adopt Nero as his son. In order to secure the succession she murdered Claudius and governed the empire in Nero’s name until he, tired of her authority, caused her to be put to death.
“Isthmian,” ĭs´mĭ-an; “Pythian,” pyth´i-an; “Nemean,” nē´me-an; “Olympian,” o-lym´pi-an. See author for accounts of these games.