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CONTENTS
The Wiser Part 61
To a Swallow 62
Love's Assault 62
The Pet Dove 63
The Portrait 65
Drinking Song 66
Music and Love 67
Nature's Gifts 68
SIMONIDES OF CEOS.
Introductory Note 69
Danaë and her Babe adrift. Symonds 70
On those who died at Thermopylae. Sterling 71
PINDAR.
Introductory Note 72
First Pythian Ode. West 74
From Pindar's Fourth Pythian Ode. Myers 82
AESCHYLUS.
Introductory Note 85
Prometheus Bound. Mrs. Browning 88
SOPHOCLES.
Introductory Note 136
Antigone. Plumptre 138
EURIPIDES.
Introductory Note 191
Heracles. Browning.
The Fate of Heracles 193
The Madness of Heracles 197
Alcestis. Browning 201
ARISTOPHANES.
Introductory Note 249
The Birds. Frere 251
The Frogs. Frere 286
HERODOTUS.
Introductory Note 292
Extracts from the History. Rawlinson.
The Taking of Babylon 293
Persian Customs 295
The Nile 297
Egyptian Customs 304
Crocodiles and the Hippopotamus 306
Sesostris 308
The Pyramid of Cheops 312
The Battle of Marathon 314
THUCYDIDES.
Introductory Note 319