“Sophˈist.” The Sophists were the leading public teachers in Greece during the fifth and fourth centuries B. C. In its original sense, the word meant a wise man, and as such could properly be applied to Socrates. But in his day, as a class, they were “ostentatious imposters, flattering and duping the rich for the sake of personal gain.”
P. 225.—“Rhea.” The wife of Saturn, and the great goddess of the world.
“Hebrus.” The principal river in Thrace.
P. 226.—Readings on Pindar will be found in Talfourd’s “History of Greek Literature,” National Quarterly, vol. xxxii, p. 203; London Magazine, vol. ii, p. 60.
Readings on Sappho, The Atlantic (T. W. Higginson), vol. xxviii, p. 83; Harper’s Magazine, vol. lvi, p. 177; Appleton’s Magazine, vol. vi, p. 158.
Readings on Simonides, Westminster Review, vol. xxxii, p. 99; Fraser’s Magazine, vol. ii, p. 52.
P. 228.—“Dithyrambics,” dith-y-ramˈbics. Originally songs in honor of Bacchus; later, any poems written in a wild and enthusiastic manner.
“The Ivy-clad Boy.” Bacchus.
“Bromius.” One of the surnames of Bacchus, signifying the shouter.