Eschyle (525-456 B.c.), Sophocle (495-405 b.c

Euripide (480-406 b.c.), the three great tragic dramatists of ancient Greece.

16. aux Dionysiaques : feasts in honour of Dionysus (Bacchus), characterized by great licentioitsness.

65. 2. Phèdre : Phaedra, the wife of Theseus, declared love to

Hippolytus, her stepson. Euripides, Seneca, and Racine hâve brought the subject on the stage.

3. Andromaque : Andromache was the wife of Hector, and is one of the finest female figures in Homer's Uiad. During her childhood Achilles slew her father and her seven brothers. Her love of Hector is pathetically depicted by

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Homer and otlier poets. Anàromache is tte heroine of one of the tragédies of Euripides and of another by Racine.

65. 6. l'Agora : market-place and place of public assemblies,

surrounded by porticoes, and in the interior adomed with sanctuaries and statues.

17. JafFa : a port in Syria. It was taken by Bonaparte in 1799.