M. de Choiseul (1752-1817) : some time ambassador at

Constantinople, and author of a Voyage pittoresque en Grèce. 16. le temple de Thésée: the Theseum stands on a slight élévation XW. of the Acropolis ; it is the best preserved of ail the structures of the ancient city. It was built before the Parthenon in the Doric style. It dérives its name from the tradition that liere the remains of Theseus were brought from the island of Scyros and interred. Theseus was the great legendary hero of Attica. He captured the Marathonian bull, and, aided by the Cretan princess Ariadno, kiiled the

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Miuotaur, and fought the Amazons. Fiirther legends make him take part iu the expeditiou of the Argonauts.

65. 8. Chamounix : also spelt Chamonix and Chamouny, a town iu Savoy, at the foot of Mont Blanc.

33. Athenienses autem omnes . . : Aets xvii. 21, 'For ail the Athenians aud strangers which were there speut their time in nothiug else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.'

56. 1. Efifendi : a title of respect amoug Tiirks, bestowed on civil

officiais and iipon educatsd persons generally, iu contra-distinction to the military title ' aga,' soniething like our ' esquire.' 7. Phidias (500-431 b.c.) : the greatest sculptor of aucieut Greece. His most famous works are the Jupiter of Olympia aud the Minerva of the Parthenon.