P. 50—“Phalerum,” pha-le´rum. The most easterly of the harbors of Athens.
P. 50—“Eunomus,” eu´no-mus; “Perikles,” per´i-cles; “Satyrus,” sat´y-rus.
P. 50—“Euripides,” eu-rip´i-des. (B. C. 480-406.)
P. 50—“Sophocles,” soph´o-cles. (B. C. 495?-406). The chief of the trio of Greek dramatists. In 468 he defeated Æschylus in a dramatic contest. His character is said to have been that of a complete Greek, combining symmetry of person, skill in music and gymnastics, self-possession, genius, taste. Only seven of his dramas have been preserved.
P. 51—“Dionysius of Halicarnassus.” A rhetorician who came from Halicarnassus, a city in Asia Minor, about B. C. 29. His most ambitious work is a history of Rome in twenty-two books.
P. 52—“Herodotus,” he-rod´i-tus.
P. 53—“Phokion,” pho´ci-on.
P. 54—“Olynthians,” o-lyn´thi-ans.
P. 55—“Perinthus,” pe-rin´thus. An important town in Thrace on the Propontis.
P. 55—“Chares,” cha´res.