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1. 19. Thémistocle (533-470 b.c.), the conqueror of the Persians at Salamis, became obnoxious to the Athenian populace through the intrigues of Sparta, and fled from his native city to Admetus, the King of the Molossians.

1. 22. Vurne cinéraire de Phocion. Phocion was an Athenian gênerai, and antagonist of Demosthenes. The faction which opposed him in Athens at the time of his death was so powerful that it prevented the crémation of his remains within the territory of the city. They were afterwards burned in the confines of Megara, and a woman of that State, having collected them in her lap, carried them bynight to her house, and buried them beneath her own hearth.

1. 23. Ulysse chez Alcinoûs. The extract is taken from the seventh book of Homer's Odyssey. Ulysses, in the course of his travels, cornes to the luxurious court of Alcinoûs, King of the Phaeacians. Arête is the wife of that monarch.

1. 29. la guerre du Canada. This was the war between England and France for the supremacy in North America, which culminated in the heroic defence of the heights of Québec by the Marquis de Montcalm, and their capture by General Wolfe in

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Italian composers of the latter half of the eighteenth century.