# Bill Nye's Chestnuts Old and New

Author: Nye, Bill, 1850-1896

Genre: Category: Humour

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/51961

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Bill+Nye%27s+Chestnuts+Old+and+New+Nye&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

|The romantic story of Damon and Pythias, which has been celebrated in verse and song for over two thousand years, is supposed to have originated during the reign of Dionysius I, or Dionysius the Elder as he was also called, who resigned about 350 years b. c. He must have been called "The Elder," more for a joke than anything else, as he was by inclination a Unitarian, although he was never a member of any church whatever, and was, in fact, the wickedest man in all Syracuse.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/bill-nye-s-chestnuts-old-and-new-51961/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/bill-nye-s-chestnuts-old-and-new-51961/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/bill-nye-s-chestnuts-old-and-new-51961/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/bill-nye-s-chestnuts-old-and-new-51961/chapters/3/index.md)