[306] In Greece, where there were no permanent family names, it was usual for a family to repeat the same name in alternate generations. Thus we find that the kings of Cyrene were named alternately Battus and Archelaus for eight generations, and many other examples might be quoted.
[307] The Greek lamp was movable, and used to be set upon a tall slender lamp-stand or candelabrum.
[308] A Thessalian tribe.
[309] See vol. i. 'Life of Theseus,' ch. xxxvi.
[310] It has been conjectured from certain inscriptions that this name should be spelt Apsephion. But we know that Aphepsion was a Greek name, while the other form appears unmeaning. The passage is quoted in Clinton, 'Fasti Hell.,' but both forms are there used.
[311] The daric was a Persian coin, named after King Darius.
[312] The Kyanean or Black Islands were at the junction of the Bosporus with the Euxine, or Black Sea. The Chelidonian or Swallow Islands were on the south coast of Lycia.
[313] The office of proxenus corresponds most nearly to the modern consul. He was bound to offer hospitality and assistance to any persons of the state which he represented; but it must be remembered that he was always a member of a foreign state.
[314] A seaport town in Cyprus.