"During the festivities of the Dionysia." p. 42.
This festival, in honour of Dionysus, was observed with great splendour. Choragic games are supposed to have been celebrated; in which prizes were given to the successful competitors in music, and the drama.
"The tuneful soul of Marsyas." p. 43.
Marsyas was a celebrated musician of Phrygia, generally considered the inventor of the flute.
"Contest between fighting quails." p. 43.
In Athens, quails were pitched against each other, in the same manner as game-cocks among the moderns.