P. 244.—“Daphnis.” A Sicilian hero, son of Mercury, and a nymph. A Naiad fell in love with him and made him swear he would never love another. But he met and loved a princess, and the Naiad smote him with blindness. He besought his father for help, and the latter removed him to the abode of the gods, and caused a fountain to gush forth on the spot whence he was taken up.
“Thirsis.” A herdsman who laments the death of Daphnis.
“Priapus.” Son of Bacchus. One of the divinities presiding over agricultural pursuits.
P. 245.—“Gălˈin-gale.” A rush-like, or grass-like plant, often called sedge.
“Ly-caˈon’s son.” Pandarus. One of the commanders in the Trojan war.
P. 246.—“Cicala,” si-cāˈlä. Usually written cicada. The locust.
P. 247.—“Dilettanteism,” dil-et-tanˈte-ism. Admiration of the fine arts.
P. 251.—“Golˈgi.” A Sicyonian colony, inhabiting a town of the same name in Cypris.
“Idalium.” A town of Cypris.
P. 253.—For supplementary reading on Demosthenes see Talfourd’s “History of Greek Literature;” The North American Review, vol. xxii, p. 34; New York Review, vol. ix, p. 1; National Review, vol. xii, p. 99.