Mycènes, also in Argolis, was very important in the days

of Agamemnon. Dr. Schliemann and others made extensive excavations at Mycenae, which brought to light valuable monuments of pre-Grecian architecture and other treasures of art.

13. 2. en 1770 : in the first war of Russia against Tiirkey (1768-

5. Pelle^in : a traveller of the eighteenth century. 12. Aristomène : Aristomenes was the hero of the second

Messenian war against Sparta, and the favourite figure in

Messenian traditions.

20. Polybe: Polybius (204-125 b.c.), a Greek historian, ofwhose

important work only the first five books are completely

preserved.

14. 2. Alaric, king of the Visigoths (fourth century a.d.), in-

vaded Thrace, Macedon, Thessaly, Illyria, and plundered and devastated the Peloponnesus (-396).

19. Héraclides : the word ' Heraclidae ' applies in its widest sensé to ail the descendants of Héraclès (Hercules).

25. Épaminondas : the most eminent of the Theban gênerais and statesmen in the struggle between Thebes and Sparte.

27. Philopoemen : a Greek patiiot (252-183 b.c.), bom at Megalopolis. He rose from his sick-bed when already an old man to quell the revolt of the Messenians in 183, but was overpowered and fell into the hands of their leader, Deinocrates, who two nights after sent him a cup of poison. Philopoemen drank it and died.

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