P. 134.—“Trilogy.” A set of three dramas. Each one is in itself complete, but the three are related, one event following or growing out of another, as in Shakspere’s Henry VI.
P. 137.—“New made kings.” This allusion will be explained by reading the story of Cronos and Zeus on page 77 of The Chautauquan for November.
P. 144.—“Sweet Muse-Mother.” See page 73 of “Brief History of Greece.”
P. 145.—“Mantic.” Prophetic; derived from the Greek word for prophetic.
P. 152.—“Protagonist.” One who fills the leading part in a drama, and hence in any enterprise.
P. 153.—“Ettrick Shepherd.” A name given to the Scottish poet, James Hogg. His home was in the Ettrick forest, and when a boy he had been a shepherd. The reference here is to the articles he contributed to the series of papers which appeared in Blackwood between 1822 and 1835, called Noctes Ambrosianæ, and which were principally written by Christopher North.
P. 154.—“Sophocles.” In connection with the chapter on Sophocles the following readings may be used: “Classical Writers,” an essay on his life and writings by Campbell; Talfourd’s “History of Greek Literature,” chapter on “The Tragic Poets of Greece;” Symond’s “Studies of the Greek Poets;” Baptist Quarterly, Jan. 1877; Mahaffy’s “History of Classical Greek Literature;” Mure’s “Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece;” an account of the performance of “Ædipus Tyrannus,” at Harvard in May, 1881, will be found in The Century, November, 1881; Harvard Register, April, 1881; Boston Sunday Herald, March 27, 1881; New York Evening Post, April 22, 1881.
P. 173.—“Abæan.” From Abæa, a town of Phocis, where stood a very ancient temple and oracle of Apollo.