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MiLTiADE, ail immortalized by their successful defence of their native land against the Persians.

1. 14. Salamis (uow Coidomi) is in the Saronic gulf. Marathon is now a small village near Athens.

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P. 72, 1. I. Canaris (Constantine) (1792 — 1860) took a prominent part in the war for the independence of Greece.

1. 5. cotfwie Grillon. Louis des Baltes de Berton de Grillon (1541 — 1615), one of the greatest French gênerais of the sixteenth century. Henry IV. wrote to him from the field of battle at Arques, where he had not been able to take a part: "Pends-toi, brave Grillon, nous avons combattu à Arques, et tu n'y étais pas."

1. ir. aigrette, liter. a small héron, from aigre (O. H. G. Jieigrô).