“Lemnians,” lem´ni-ans.
“Paris.” At a certain wedding feast to which all the gods had been invited except the goddess of Strife, she, angry at the slight, threw an apple into their midst with the inscription “to the fairest.” Juno, Minerva and Venus claimed it, and Jupiter ordered that Paris, then a shepherd on Mount Ida, should decide the dispute. As Venus promised him the most beautiful of women for his wife, he gave her the apple.
P. 76, c. 1.—“Pellene,” pel-le´ne. A city of Achaia.
“Rochette,” ro´shĕt´. (1790-1854.) A French archæologist.
“Alcamenes,” al-cam´e-nes. (B.C. 444-400.) His greatest work was a statue of Venus.
“Agoracritus,” ag´o-rac´ri-tus. (B. C. 440-428.) His most famous work was also a Venus, which he changed into a statue of Nemesis and sold because the people of Athens preferred the statue of Alcamenes.
“Pæonius,” pæ-o´ni-us.
“Pediment.” The triangular facing or top over a portico, window, gate, etc.
“Metope,” met´o-pe. In the Doric style of architecture, the frieze was divided at intervals by ornaments called triglyphs. The spaces between these ornaments were called metopes.
“Cella.” The interior space of a temple.