Olympie : see note

32. Sparte : the ancient Lacedaemon, capital of Laconia and the

most famous city of the Peloponnesus, situated on the right bank of the Eurotas, and shut in by mountains of which that on the we.st side, Mount Taygetus, rises to a height of 8000 feet. Sparta had no striking public buildings. The foundation of Spartan greatness was attributed to the législation of Lycui'gus, the characteristics of which were simplicity and stem discipline.

Télémaque : Telemachus was the son of Ulysses, king of Ithaca,