[18]. [To] bring earth and water to an invading enemy was a symbol of submission.
[19]. [Eretria]. A city on the island of Eubœa, twenty-nine miles north of Athens.
[20]. [Hellas]. The Greek name for Greece.
[21]. [The] Greeks of the various provinces long regarded themselves as of one blood and quality, superior to the outer barbarians.
[32]. [Phoibos], or Phœbus. Apollo, god of the sun and the arts. Artemis (Roman Diana), goddess of the moon and patroness of hunting.
[33]. [Olumpos]. Olympus. A mountain of Greece which was the abode of Zeus and the other gods.
[52]. [Parnes]. A mountain on the ridge between Attica and Bœotia, now called Ozia.
[62]. [Erebos]. The lower world; the place of night and the dead.
[89]. [Miltiades] (?-489 B.C.). The Greek general who won the[page 240] victory over the Persians at Marathon in 490 B.C.
[106]. [Akropolis]. The citadel of Athens, where stood the court of justice and the temple of the goddess Athene.