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Short selections from the Public School Primer (for permission to use which I am indebted to the Eev. Canon Kennedy) are printed at the head of the Notes to each Part : explanation of these is left to the master. The Geographical and Historical Notes are very brief, as they are intended for boys who are not likely to be acquainted with Ancient History. I am greatly indebted to my friend Mr. Arthur Sidgwick for most valuable and constant help, and for his kindness in revising the whole work. I have also to thank the Eev. F. D. Morice for corrections in the text, and Mr. J. S. Phillpotts, Head Master of Bedford School, for some most useful suggestions. Most of these stories are adapted from an old translation of Herodotus by Schweighaeuser. G. L. B. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. A T the suggestion of some friends, I have in this Edition added an Alphabetical List of Proper Names, with the quantities marked. The Vocabulary has also been revised and added to, and some slight alterations have been made in the Text and Notes. G. L. B. June 1878. CONTENTS. PART I. РАО В I.— THE STORY OF ARION, 1 II.— THE HABITS OF THE MASSAGETAE, . 2 III.— BEASTS IN EGYPT AND LIBYA, . 2 IV.— A NEGKO REGIMENT, 4 V.— THE EQUIPMENT OF PERSIAN SOLDIERS, 5 VI.— THE STORY OF ATYS, 5 VII.— A CROCODILE HUNT, 8 VIII.— ARTAYCTES 8 IX.— ANECDOTES, 9 X.— THE LABOURS OF HERCULES, . 15 XI.— SAYINGS OF ARISTIPPUS, . 18 XII.— SPARTAN MEALS, .... 19 XIII.— THE OLDEST NATION, 19 XIV.— EGYPTIAN NOTES, .... 19 XV.— CYRUS, 21 XVI.— SPARTAN BREVITY, .... 24 XVII.— THE BATTLE OF THE WHIPS, . 25 XVIIL— THE MAGIC RING, .... 25 XIX— TIT FOR TAT, 25 XX— A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE, 26 XXI.— SOLON'8 PRECEPTS, .... 26 PART II. I.— THE STORY OF POLYCRATES, .... 27 II.— THE STORY OF RHAMPSINITUS AND THE THIEF, . 28 П1.— OIL WELLS, 30 IV.— THE BODY-GUARD OF XERXES, .... 81 V.— A WEALTHY SUBJECT, 31 VI A BALD PEOPLE, 32 VIL— THE FIRST WOODEN LEG, .... 32 vm CONTENTS. PART III. I.— STLOSON'S CLOAK, . II.— THE STORY OF ZOPYRUS, III.— PERSIAN COURIERS, IV.— A MIRACLE, . V.— THE SPICE TRADE, . VI.— THE GOLD ANTS, VIL— LIBYA, . VIII.— THE SPARTAN KINGS, IX.— THE FAMILY OF THE ALCMAEONIDAE, PART IV. I.— SOME BARBAROUS CUSTOMS, IL— THE SIEGE OF BARCA, III.— ANECDOTES, .... IV.— THE FIRST INVASION OF EUROPE, V.— A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE, VI.— OROETES AND POLYCRATES, VII.— DARIUS AND DEMOCEDES, VIII.— A THRACIAN SUTTEE, IX.— A LAKE VILLAGE, . X— A WAY OUT OF A DIFFICULTY, . XL— THE ADVANTAGES OF A REPUBLIC, XII.— THE SHORTEST WAY TO ABSOLUTE POWER, XIIL— THE IONIC REVOLT, . XIV.— THE CAMPAIGN IN CYPRUS, XV.— THE BATTLE OF LADE, XVI. —THE SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST GREECE, XVII.— THE LAST DAYS OF MILTIADES, XVIIL— EXPEDITION OF CLEOMENES AGAINST ARGOS, XIX.— A DIFFICULTY, XX.— THE THIRD INVASION OF GREECE, XXL— ANECDOTES, . XXII.— THE AETHIOPIANS, NOTES, . VOCABULARY, . PROPER NAMES, EASY LATIN STORIES FOR BEGINNERS. PART I. I.— THE STORY OF ARION. A rion, after travelling abroad, hires a vessel to take him home. 1. — Akion citharista praeclarus erat. Is diu apud Periandrum Corinthiorum regem versatus erat. Tum in Italiam Siciliamque navigare cupivit. Ingentibus opibus ibi comparatis, Corinthum redire voluit. Itaque Tarento, urbe Italiae, profectus est; ibi navigium hominum Corinthiorum conduxerat. The sailors form a plan to rob and murder him. 2. — Hi autem eum in mare proiicere constituerunt; pecunia enim potiri cupiebant. Tum vero Arion consilium intellexit. Tristis ad preces confugit. Pecunia omni nautis oblata, vitam deprecatus est. Nautae vero precibus viri non commoti, mortem :ei statim minati sunt. A rion sings a beautiful song, and leaps overboard. 3. — In has angustias redactas Arion, in puppi stetit, omni ornatu suo indutus. Tum unum e carminibus canere incepit. Nautae suavi carmine capti e puppi medium in navem concesserunt. Ille omni ornatu indutus, capta cithara, carmen peregit. Cantu 2 EASY LATIN STORIES. [part i. peracto in mare se proiecit. Tum nautae Corinthum naviga- verunt. He is miraculously saved by a dolphin. 4. — Arion autem a delphine exceptue dorso Taenarum delatus est. Egressus in terram, Corinthum cum eodem habitu contendit. Ibi nautarum facta narravit. Periander autem ei credere noluit. Arion igitur in custodia ab eo retentus est. The wicked sailors are detected and punished, and Arion is rewarded. 5. — Interim nautae Corinthum advenerunt. A Periandro inter- rogati sunt de Arione. Turpissime mentiti sunt omnes. Subito Arion apparuit cum eodem ornatu. Attoniti nautae scelus confitentur. A rege Periandro omnes interfecti sunt, et multuiu pecuniae Arioni datum est. II.— THE HABITS OF THE MASSAGETAE. 6. — Utuntur Massagetae et vestimento et vitae ratione simili Scytharum.