Book VIII., with the first note thereto. l. 887, _Cornelius Tacitus_, a

celebrated Roman historian, born in the reign of Nero. l. 893, "_Thalassian-pure_": Thalassius was a beautiful young Roman in the reign of Romulus. At the rape of the Sabines, a virgin captured by one of the ravishers was declared to be reserved for Thalassius, and all were eager to reserve her pure for him. l. 968, _Hesione_, a daughter of Laomedon, king of Troy. It fell to her lot to be exposed to a sea monster. Hercules killed the monster and delivered her, but Laomedon refused to give him the promised reward. l. 989, _Hercules and Omphale_: Omphale was queen of Lydia, and Hercules loved her so much that he used to spin by her side amongst her women, while she wore the lion's skin and bore the club of the hero. l. 998, _Anti-Fabius_, _i.e._, opposed to the policy of Quintus Fabius Maximus, the Roman general who opposed the progress of Hannibal, not by fighting, but by harassing counter-marches and ambuscades; for which he received the name of the _delayer_. A Fabian policy, therefore, is a waiting policy. Caponsacchi acted promptly. l. 1030, "_Sepher Toldoth Yeschu_": the Italians have an endless store of tales and legends of this character. See, for many such, _Mr. Crane's Italian Popular Stories_ (Macmillan). l. 1109, "_Thucydides and his sole joke_": Thucydides was a celebrated Greek historian, born at Athens. He wrote the history of the Peloponnesian war, in which he tells the story of Cylon (l. 126). l. 1345, _Maro_ == Vergil; _Aristæus_, a son of Apollo, said to have learnt from nymphs the art of the cultivation of olives and management of bees, which he communicated to mankind. l. 1494, _Triarii_, old soldiers that were kept in reserve to assist in case of hazard. l. 1573, "_famed panegyric of Isocrates_": Isocrates was one of the ten Attic orators, and one of the most remarkable men in the literary history of Greece. He was born B.C. 436. His splendid panegyric was delivered B.C. 380, for the purpose of stimulating the people of Greece to unite against the power of Asia.