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RM2CEGCBA–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. who has killed our kinsmenor made slaves of them. Those words werecommands to us as though we were slaves.Shall any man dare to use our Greek lan-guage so ? I move that this man be arrestedand punished like a criminal. The Athenian president leaped to his feet. kAll who think that this should be donewill raise their hands. 98 Men of Old Greece There was a great uprush of hands, witha shout. It shall be done, said the president.4 Guards, arrest this man. Persian, youhave your answer. The meeting is over. After that, Athens wasa busy place. There weremeetings
RM2CEG75N–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. dle of 227 tablets and hooks. Socrates took his fathershand and smiled up at him. You are my pedagogue, fatlier. Youare heller than any servant. Yes, and here1 we go.v And they fell inat the end of the line. As the column turned in at the school-house door, Socrates left his father, saying: Good-by, father, Ill tell you all about itto-night. The building where they were turning in was a one-story white-plastered house. When they came into the court, Socrates turned to the boy behind him and said: E-h-h! Pretty! His eyes were shin- ing. The court was a large
RM2CEGD9E–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. Old Greece the fifth morning a Greek scout came run-ning into camp. At last the fish bites! he cried. Theyare coming, but only one company of them. Then there was a rushing to arms. You Spartans look as though the bestcourse of the banquet were being served,said a Theban. So it is, shouted a dozen Spartans. The men fell into line at Leonidas com-mand. The gates were opened, and theymarched out. They formed in a deep massbefore the wall. They waited. Soon therewas a glint of bronze from around a hillThen sounded horses hoofs. Still theGreeks waited. Leonidas
RM2CEG60E–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. Sot-rates 243 .M cupful? I would say, I dont know.But these me;; would say, Five million,or some such number. I think that is whatApollo calls being wise. But I will not besure yet; I will try everybody. Perhaps Imay teach people to be wise in thisway. So he went about to everybody. Hetalked with people on the street-corners.He talked with people in their shops. Hetalked with people who were buying in themarket-place. He talked with the youngmen who lounged in the barber-shops. Healways found the same thing,- -people pre-tended to know things that they did
RM2CEGB5C–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. the Acropolis.We stayed there when you went because wethought Apollo meant that. But the Per-sians shot burning arrows, and our woodenwalls fell in fire. But even then the enemy 148 Men of Old Greece could not get up to us, for we rolled greatrocks down the steep sides. But at last afew crawled up where we had no guards.Then some of us died fighting. Some ran tothe holy altar of Athene, but the Persianskilled them there. When I saw that the fightwas lost, I ran to tell you. I went down theunderground stair and through the cave.Surely Athene guarded me as I
RM2CEG64H–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. eno, the maker of lyres.Surely he will be wise, since he makes suchfine things. So they went to Meno, and Socrates said, Meno, I hear that you make the finestlyres in Athens. I think it is true, said Meno. I suppose it is difficult to make a goodlyre. Yes, a lyre-maker must know a greatmany things. Should you call a maker of lyres a wiseman, then ? I should think so. Then I ask you, Meno, you wise man,do you know what a good man is ? Why, yes; a good man is a man whodoes nobody any harm. Men of Old Greece Then a dead man is a good man.Socrates friends laugh
![. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. orning, when the summer hadcome, the soldiers saw him standing in frontof the cam]). He was staring at the groundin deep thought. What do you suppose he is thinking 246 Men of Old Greece about? asked the soldiers among them-selves. After an hour or two they looked again.He was still standing in the same position.They laughed and said,Let us watch him. He did not move all day. At suppersome of the soldiers said, Why not take our blankets out thereand see whether he stays all night ? So they did. They laughed and jokedabout him until nearly midnight. Theythen Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CEG5W1/men-of-old-greece-by-jennie-hall-orning-when-the-summer-hadcome-the-soldiers-saw-him-standing-in-frontof-the-cam-he-was-staring-at-the-groundin-deep-thought-what-do-you-suppose-he-is-thinking-246-men-of-old-greece-about-asked-the-soldiers-among-them-selves-after-an-hour-or-two-they-looked-againhe-was-still-standing-in-the-same-positionthey-laughed-and-saidlet-us-watch-him-he-did-not-move-all-day-at-suppersome-of-the-soldiers-said-why-not-take-our-blankets-out-thereand-see-whether-he-stays-all-night-so-they-did-they-laughed-and-jokedabout-him-until-nearly-midnight-theythen-2CEG5W1.jpg ". Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. orning, when the summer hadcome, the soldiers saw him standing in frontof the cam]). He was staring at the groundin deep thought. What do you suppose he is thinking 246 Men of Old Greece about? asked the soldiers among them-selves. After an hour or two they looked again.He was still standing in the same position.They laughed and said,Let us watch him. He did not move all day. At suppersome of the soldiers said, Why not take our blankets out thereand see whether he stays all night ? So they did. They laughed and jokedabout him until nearly midnight. Theythen Stock Photo")
RM2CEG5W1–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. orning, when the summer hadcome, the soldiers saw him standing in frontof the cam]). He was staring at the groundin deep thought. What do you suppose he is thinking 246 Men of Old Greece about? asked the soldiers among them-selves. After an hour or two they looked again.He was still standing in the same position.They laughed and said,Let us watch him. He did not move all day. At suppersome of the soldiers said, Why not take our blankets out thereand see whether he stays all night ? So they did. They laughed and jokedabout him until nearly midnight. Theythen
RM2CEGBKD–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. ing into a run. The sea! The sea! It isa fine thing. The two young men ran along the pier,side by side. I used to think it shameful for a manshands to smell of ropes and oars, said thefirst; but now, Milon, I am as proud of thatsmell as of the oil of Olympia. Think of the days, answered Milon, when we used to spend half our time in thegymnasium. The disc, the spear, the boxersthongs, the race-course, the jumping weights,-they gave us strong muscles and quickeyes. But this, Demipho! This is strivingwith the gods themselves. Will Hermesblow our ship north ? W
RM2CEGCB2–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. two days were busy ones.Pheidippides was off to Sparta to get help.The generals were drilling their army. But what can we do ? said a man in themarket-place. We are only a handful 102 Men of Old Greece against a million. Sparta must send us allshe can. And then we shall lose. What can we do? cried another man. Our best, and the gods will fight with us.This is their land as well as ours. On the second day the guard at a gateblew his trumpet and called: Pheidippides is coming back. I see himrunning along the road near the river. When men heard that, they bega
RM2CEGD41–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. lie hereat her command.9 But on that little hill where the Spartansmade their last stand was another monu-ment, a stone lion, with Leonidas carvedupon it. Sparta never forgot that battle or that 86 Men of Old Greece hero. In her market-place she built acovered walk, called the Persian Walk.Instead of columns to hold up the roof, werePersians carved in stone, and on the wall ofthe porch were paintings of the Persianbattles. That porch seemed always tosay, 4 Remember the courage of the men whodrove the Persians out of Greece. Four years after the battle of Th
RM2CEG85E–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. an. * We work becausewe like to work. I have seen men in Egyptbuilding a temple. They were driven like>laves. They must have hated that building.We love every stone that goes into this temple.5 We must thank the gods that we areGreeks, said Pericles. 210 Men of Old Greece And the pupils of Phidias, added theartist. The sun was sinking below the mountains.The new temple cast a long shadow on thehilltop. Workmen were gathering up theirtools. The Parthenon was finished. Onthe next day the festival of Athene wouldbegin. Five days later the people of Athenswo
RM2CEGCJ4–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. shouting angrily: Commands! Commands! Take your commands back to your slaves, not to Athens, cried one man. i Athens has no earth to spare, shouted^-another. The messenger has too much Athenianearth on his shoes now. Let him shake itoff and begone, another called. Yes! the whole crowd shouted. Beoff to your Great King! Athens does notwant you. Go! And they shook theirfists. The strangers on the platform gathered Thcmi stocks 9.5 together and talked. The Athenian presi-dent looked on from his chair and smiled. Another stranger came forward. Men of Athens, he
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RM2CEG7WJ–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. ook flat, he said. lie wasso particular about the curve that my eyehas learned to see a bump half a hair high.But no one will think of those thingswhen lie looks at the building,9 said thefirst man. People will see the rich color,the shining columns, the shadowed porch,the lifelike statues. Oh, it is perfect! Again the Panathenaic procession woundup the front of the Acropolis. Every eyewas big, every breath came quick. Foryears people had watched this temple growr, -glistening white walls, columns, roof.Then they had seen the dark blues and redspainted upon
RM2CEGA07–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. was up, all 178 Men of Old Greece of Athens was deserted, except the broadstreet of the Ceramicus. Here all waslaughter and shouting and pushing. Youthson restless horses, warriors in full armor,old men in spotless linen himations, womenin soft colors, jostled one another in themiddle of the street. ;Your horse is tramping on my hima-tion, cried a dandy to a young warrior onhorseback. Why is your himation in the street,then? the warrior laughed back. Isthis a place for trailing robes? A soldiers chlamys is in no danger ofbeing trampled upon, called another
RM2CEG93F–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. ii - o - o = .- y. — - - - - x a = M Phidias and the Part/tenon 187 in the greatest and most beautiful processionof all (Ireeee. Not only the house-tops were filled withpeople looking on. In open places plat-forms had been built, and they were filledwith gay men and women. People stood in ^ *• V,. WOMEN OF ATIIKNS AT THE PANATHENAIC FESTIVAL the porches of temples, or crowded the cor-ners of the market-place. They were visit-ors from all the world, come to see this greatfestival. Athenian women were there whocould not take the long walk, and fathers andmot
RM2CEGBXH–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. 20 Men of Old Greece A pottery-seller had his little table full ofred and black vases. Come buy a Marathon vase, he called,painted with pictures of our gloriousbattle. And among those dozens of tables and cry-ing merchants walked the men of Athens.Their slaves followed with baskets andmoney-bags. Some were buying vegetablesand fruits and wines and meat and breadand cakes for dinner. Others were buyingclothes and sandals; others, vases, jewels,lamps, olive oil. So the baskets of the slaveswere filled. This sight delights my eyes, said a manwho stood talking
RM2CEGDFX–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. of the largestdogs and put the collars on them andled them out. Then they went to a little shod and opened it. There lay nets piledup. Spears of all kinds leaned against thewalls. We will not take nets, said Leonidas; this is to be a fair fight between the boarand me. Each boy took three spears. One wraslong, with a slim, sharp tip. One wasshort, with a heavy shaft and broad point.One had long guards sticking out halfwayup the shaft. These dogs and spears andnets belonged to the city. Any Spartan hada right to take them whenever he needed. The twro boys wra
RM2CEGC5G–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. id. * Faint-heart! cried a dozen men. Faint-heart indeed! he said. I amnot afraid of twice or three times our num-bers. But look! The plain is flooded withmen. There are spearmen and swordsmen.There are bowmen and slingers to shoot fromafar. There are horsemen to run upon us Themistocles 111 then be off before ve can breathe. Wehave no bowmen and no horsemen. Theenemy are ten times our number. I say,let us wait until Sparta comes to help. ; Wait for Sparta! criedthe others. Wait for thePersians to burn Athens! Half our generals thinkas I do, said the man.
RM2CEG69K–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. had left school early. lie was togo to his fathers shop and learn his trade. 236 Men of Old Greece He worked away for several years. Oneday his father said to him: You are not a bad stonecutter, but youdont do much work. You wander aboutthe streets, talking to people. You listen tothe wise men. Here at your work I oftenfind you drawing figures in the dust. Whydont you stop this nonsense and go towork? (I am trying to find what the sun ismade of. I am wondering how the starswere made. I get to thinking about thesethings and forget to work. *A poor man has no
RM2CEGEC8–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. dge.The boy of Heracles was getting the worse of 36 Men of Old Greece it. At last he broke away and ran towardthe bridge. Then all the men hooted athim: * Coward! Shame, shame! You are noson of Sparta! Shame! They closed together and stopped him.A man pushed to the front. He caught theboy by the shoulders. You are mad! he cried. It is betterto die than to be a coward. I should beproud to carry you from here to your grave.But no coward shall ever call me father.Back, Damon, and show wThose blood is inyour veins. And he pushed him towardthe island. The boy lo
RM2CEGEX0–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. d bread saved from their break-fast. It is joy to go hungry and give toAchilles, one said. Another brought a hunting spear.Achilles will like the smell of blood onthis, he said. 30 Men of Old Greece One boy brought a wolfs head. Ah! cried the Iren; there is a giftthat will please Achilles. One was carrying a piece of iron as big ashis hand. I suppose Achilles does not care formoney, said he; but this has a good nameon it—Lacedsemon. The Iren led a lamb. They started across the country. Theboy who had the piece of money told a story. ll saw an Athenian in th
RM2CEGF40–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. d these altars. Here theds illicit come to rest from their work in o o the world. Here people might come tobring gifts to the gods. In such a land, among such people,under the eyes of these gods, lived the menof this book. LEONIDAS LEOXIDAS T was in one of the soldiers huts at Sparta. Fifteen men, young and old, sat at mess. The heavy table before them t had no cloth and few dishes. The seatswere backless benches. The ceiling andwalls of the hut were of rough, roundlogs. The floor was of dirt. Against one ofthe walls leaned long spears. The menwere clothed
RM2CEGE2W–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. hours every day he must goto the gymnasium in the Plane-tree Grove.Ion was often there to watch him. Afterwork was finished the old man took the boyfor a walk. Sometimes it was along thebanks of the Eurotas, out into the country.Sometimes it was about the city, to see thestatues and public buildings. Always Leonidas learned something newduring those walks. Perhaps Ion told himthe story of Troy or of some god. Perhapslie taught him some wise saying of Lycur-gus. Perhaps he took stones and showedhim how to count. Perhaps, as they stoodbefore a statue, Leonida
RM2CEGF24–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. had been king in this southerncountry. After a long time they said, Wewill go back to our old home/ So great hostsof them came, some by land, some by sea.This country was already full of people, liv-ing on farms and in cities. ^^VrBut the children of Her-acles were mighty men,la Her, stronger and braverthan these people. So j!they fought with these menand won and made them ^, Slaves. HERACLES The brave children of Heracles took theland and sat on the throne. These Helotswho cook our breakfast and plow7 our fieldsand grind our flour and tend our cattle an
RM2CEG7BP–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. the processionbegan to march in through the great bronzedoors. As soon as people passed the thresh-old, they fell silent. For there, far in thegreat, dim room, shone a statue. It was litby one wide beam of sun. Tall as theroom, Athene looked mildly down upon 216 Men of Old Greece the hushed crowd. Her trailing robe, thehelmet, the shield that rested at her feet,were all of gold, richly carved. The Vic-tory that stood in her outstretched handwas of gold. Her face and neck, her arms,her feet that pushed out from under herrobe, were of soft-tinted ivory. In th
RM2CEGC4B–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. sight of the Athenian armor thePersians turned away. They had hadenough of fighting. They sailed back acrossthe sea to Persia, and Athens was at rest. Then the first thing was to raise a mound Themistocte* 117 of earth over the dead warriors. Somepeople had said: Let us bring them back to the city andbury them there. All the other soldierswho have died for Athens lie over there inour cemetery/1 But other men said: No. Let them lie on the battle-field.No other men ever fought such a battle.They are the first Greeks to meet the Per-sians. They are heroes. So
RM2CEGA7H–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. s others have grown;But she sprang full grown, full armed,From the head of Zeus, And the gods stood about and watched withawe. Quickly she leaped from the headOf the counselor Zeus,Shaking her spear and flashing her mailTill high Olympus trembled in dread.And the wide earth shook belowAt the maidens strength,And the dark sea boiled and broke in foam. Apollo, the glorious god,Reined in his steeds Till the maiden laid off her armor of gold,While her father watched proudly the counselor Zeus. So hail to thee, goddess Athene,Daughter of Zeus!So hail to thee, sa
RM2CEG92E–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. people sat there bythe altar and feasted,--a great family asAthenes guests. They talked of her good-ness, of the wars of Athens, of the officersof the city, of new laws, of the games justover. Our great festival is finished, said aman to his neighbor. I wonder whatAthene will give us in the next four years tothank her for. The wisdom of Pericles will be onething, I hope, replied his neighbor. I 194 Men of Old Greece believe he has great things in his mind forAthens. We never had so wise an officerin the city before, I think. After the feast somepeople hurri
RM2CEG6HD–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. enton. After a while the boys went into anotherroom. There another master taught themhow to make letters on wax tablets. This is not so much fun as the music,thought Socrates. Socrates 231 Tie hoard the bigger hoys in the next room.They were reciting poetry. Some time I shall be able to do that,thonirht he, and that will be fine/ r> Late in the morning his class went intostiii another room. There they began tolearn to count. At the end of that lessonschool was over for the morning. Every-body ran laughing and shouting into thecourt. The pedagogues of th
RM2CEGDPG–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. watching cheered and clapped their hands. Then Leonidas went to Ion, ready towalk. His face was flushed from the hardwork. His eyes were dancing. When Ionsaw him, he said, smiling, Apollo of the track has breathed colorand life into you, little runner/ I can dance that dance/ Leonidas saidas they walked away. My mother taught 50 Men of Old Greece it to me when I was at home. I danced itwith my sisters. My mother said to them:We women shall never fight, but our sonswill; so let us learn the dance. Spartawants mothers who can take good care of their children;
RM2CEG7NN–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. ed theirtongues and drew their heiirts out of them. Here in the pediment were Athene andPoseidon striving for Athens. There stoodtheir horses and chariots, large as life.Poseidon angrily turned to go. Athenejoyfully strode to step into her chariot.And the pediment was crowded with herhappy friends. All these statues shone withbronze and gold and color. Below werethe great white columns and the shadyporch. The wall at the back was bright-ened with painted and gilded vines andbands. The porch stretched down the longside and all around the building. Underits r
RM2CEGD9M–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. en turned their backs and all ran 74 Men of Old Greece toward the wall. When the Persians sawthem running away, they shouted andclapped their heels to their horses and rodeafter them. They laughed and waved theirswords and forgot to be careful. That waswhat Leonidas wanted. At last he gaveanother signal, and the Greeks turned in aflash and marched back against the Persiansand cut them down and made them flee tocamp. That was near night. Then the Greeksbuilt fires before the walls and cooked theirsuppers and ate. Every man slept in hisarmor that night, with
RM2CEG8W2–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. 4 he went on to another pieceof work. He stood before it, smiling,watching the sculptor. The young manwas making his chisel fly, from foot to head,from waist to shoulder. He stepped quicklyto and fro. He bent his head from side toside. Phidias laughed. You are a dashing artist, Charicles.You remind me of Phaethon, who tried I >drive the suns chariot. Y^ou must learn to 200 Men of Old Greece drive first. Steady, steady! Do not makea stroke before you know what it will do.See! He took the artists chisel and mallet and chipped delicately atthe marble. The a
RM2CEGAKE–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. g before those bind,fields shall be yellow witli grain ? How longbefore those black hillsides shall laugh withpurple grapes? How long before the blackbanks of Cephissus, there, shall be greenwith olive trees? Were the vines andthe trees that men burned those that yourgreat-grandfathers planted ? What of that ?They had lived long enough. These newvines and trees will be the vines and thetrees that the men of Salamis T lasted.Will not your childrens children be moreproud of that? Ages ago Athene broughtan olive tree out of the ground for us. Weguarded it lovi
RM2CEGA7T–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. GREEK GIRLS DANCING Who saves the hosts as they go to the fight or return;O hail, Athene! and give to us joy and good luck. Athene! shouted the crowd.And we are her chosen warriors, saidone man to another. and the Parthenon 173 Conic to the altar of Here, said a manto his friend. My daughter dances therewith the other priestesses.9 They struggledthrough the movingcrowds in the crookedstreets. They gropedtheir way through the dark,empty places. At last theycame to another crowd, withthe glare of torches aroundit. Flames leaped up, smokewaved above a thousand
RM2CEGAWK–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. u in a close half-circle. Behind 154 Men of Old Greece you a half-circle of land shuts you in. Youare in a trap. You must fight. There was some grumbling then, butmost men lost their fear when it came tothe touch. Every captain went back to hisship and made ready for a fight in the morn-ing. Themistocles looked as though whatAristides told was no news to him, one mansaid. Very likely his finger was in it some-where, another answered. And indeed it was. When he saw fromthe talk of the captains that they meant to goaway, he sent a messenger to Xerxes, saying:
RM2CEGF2B–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. GREEK COSTUME The youth wears a short chiton under a chlamys or cloak;the man is wearing a himation As all eyes turned upon Lysander, heflushed and looked hard into his red bowlof broth. Three nights ago he went hunting on Leonid ax 13 * * Mount Taygetus, the old man went on.During the night Cleombrotus happened to pass by a deep rock-pit. lie saw some-thing move down there, and he called outHello! Nobody answered. He peereddown and saw that it was a man in thepit. A bad fall, said Cleombrotus. 4Iwill let down my hunting net and pull youout/ The answer came
RM2CEGAM6–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. s of Themistoeles. Aman, crowned with myrtle, was speakingfrom the platform. 4In return for our help against Persia,the islands of the sea pour gold into ourtreasure-house. Our navy is the defenderof Greece. Who built that navy? Ourships sail all seas and bring back to us thewealth of the world. Who made us sailors ?Look from this hill. Here circles our wrall,and yonder stretches our walled road toPiraeus. Who built those walls and plannedthat port ? Far off you can see Salamis.There stands the monument which tells thatGreece drove Persia from the sea. Whow
RM2CEGEKH–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. shame on my fathersface. If we lose to-morrow, you know whatit will say for me, your Iren. Never fear, cried Anaxander. There 34 Men of Old Greece is not a coward among us. If we lose, wecan die. That will take away the shame. On the next day the boys went to thePlane-tree Grove. There were walks andrace-courses and gymnasium buildings.The fine old trees cast a pleasant shade.The boys ran down the broad walks. The bridge of Heracles! they shouted.Heracles is ours. A little round island was in the middle ofthe grove. A broad moat full of water wentaround it.
RM2CEG9HG–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. on 181 shepherds from the mountains, grape-growers from the hills, farmers from theplains, poets and musicians from the streetsof our eity, guests from the colonies. Allare talking together, finding out new things,making new friends. All are learning tocall Athens * mother/ Just then a herald came up to the men. AYe are ready for the officers of the city,he said. Will you come, Pericles r The man who had been speaking steppeddown from the porch. He turned to hisfriend. 41 will see you on the Acropolis, Phidias,he said. In a little while the procession was r
RM2CEG9AW–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. ind the victors.They carried branches of Athenes olive. Young warriors on prancing horses fol-lowed them. The wind lifted their bright 186 Men of Old Greece capes and showed their shining armorbeneath. After them came all the warriorsof Athens,—some on horse, some on foot.Some carried fresh wounds from late battles.Again the shouts of the watchers rang loud. No wonder Athens has luck in battle,said one of the visitors. See the numberof her warriors, the richness of their armor! No freeman of Athens was willing to beleft out on this great day. I will walk in
RM2CEGDJE–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. Men of Old Greece Leonidas tied the feet of the boar togetherand hung it over a pole. Each boy took anend over his shoulder, and they started downthe mountain. They reached Ions house in the earlymorning. The light was just beginning togrow in the sky. They shut up the dogs andput away the spears. Leonidas took a hunt-ing-knife and cut off a shoulder of the boarand gave it to Pisander. • Here is your share, he said. Maythe gods give you good appetite! Then he walked on to the training-grounds,the boar across his shoulders. Helots werebuilding the fires. Leo
RM2CEG6HY–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. They went trooping into different rooms. Oh, that was a great day for Socrates! Rocmtcx C Everything was new and beautiful. Ho wont i c* into a room with several other little hoys.They sat on long stone benches aroundthe sides of the room. On the wall hunglyres and tibas. A young man sat on a chairin the front. lie had a lyre on his knee.Take your lyres, said the teacher. Eaeli boy took a lyre from the wall. Theplectrum hung from it by a ribbon. Socra-tes had never held a lyre before, but he hadoften seen other people play them. So heset it on his knee and
RM2CEGACE–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. t to be- -atPiraeus, where boats go in and out, where ourships of war lie, where Salamis looks across.That tomb will add glory to our land. So it was done, and Themistocles camehome. PHIDIAS AND THE PARTHENON PHIDIAS AND THE PARTHENON T^IIE night before Athenes birthday hadcome. Nobody in Athens slept on thatnight. Around every temple door the streetwas loud with singing voices and dancingfeet. It was bright with fluttering robesand flaring torches, and sweet with wavingsmoke of incense. In front of one door danced a chorus ofmen. They were in armor, as if
RM2CEG8C5–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. , and was off. As he walked through the door of the shop,it seemed to him a different place from theone he had been used to see. There waslittle ringing of chisels and noise of movingblocks. In the corners and along the wallstood finished statues. Some were wrappedin great cloths, but some were uncovered.Artists were working on these, tinting thewhite marble with soft colors. One of theyoung men turned as he heard a footstep.Ah, Pericles! he cried; you are in a 208 Men of Old Greece glorified shop; Athene smiles at us, point-ing to a marble statue. Zeus, Ap
RM2CEG7KY–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. EAST END OP THE PARTHENON eaves, the golden ornaments on peak and onstatues, burned. The level beams of thesun shot under the broad porch. Theyshone upon the gods seated there in marblerelief above other columns, waiting to Phidias and the Parthenon 2L> receive the procession. And in the pedi-ment Athene had just sprung from the headof Zeus. And the gods stood about andwatched with awe. The people could be silent no longer.They forgot the holy prayers to come. Theyshouted, Athene, Athene! And for a minute they turned to talkamong themselves. I feel as th
RM2CEGB7Y–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. f Old Greece and write on them, Fathers of the menwho beat the Persians on the sea. Do youdread to leave the temples ? But the godsare not chained to their altars. Is it notAthene who sends victory to Athens in war ?Then was she not with us in these battleson the sea? But our women and children cannot goon shipboard, men said. What will hap-pen to them? That was a hard question. But in a fewdays word came from the city of Trcezen: Athens and Troezen are friends from ofold. Let us keep your women and children.They shall be the guests of our city. Theyshall s
RM2CEG9GM–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. i baskets ofbread and silver plates of cakes, young menwith great black and red vases of wine, girlsbalancing on their heads baskets of flowersand fruit. More than a thousand people followedwith gifts for Athene, — little statues of terra-cotta, dishes of gold, bronze tripods, marbletablets with carved letters, gold-embroideredhimations, necklaces of amethyst, carvedgolden bracelets set with coral. And best of all the gifts was the great robefor Athenes statue. It hung as a sail in abeautiful ship. The boat rolled on. hiddenwheels, as though the wind itself
RM2CEGBD8–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. 3!) themselves. How will those men fight?Do they know how to handle a shipr Letus try them. So finally they fought, two hundred shipsagainst a thousand. Three different timesthey had little battles, and in every battlethe Greeks did brave work. At night astorm helped the Greeks by wrecking moreof the Persian ships. The Greek boatswere safe in the harbor out of the waves. But the last fight was a hard one. Morethan twenty Greek ships were sunk. Andthat same night the news came of the lostbattle at Thermopylae. Then even Themis-tocles said: Let us fight no mo
RM2CEG9KT–. Men of old Greece, by Jennie Hall. ATIIKMAN WA1UUCMS, WKAIUNG CHITON a See, he said, pointing to a warrior,there is the man who ^ot the crown forbravery in our last battle. The arm that isunder his chlamys has a deep wound. A victorc. A victor! 180 Men of Old Greece The shout was louder than all the noiseof laughter and talk. A dozen young menwere pushing people to right and left. Theyhad a man on their shoulders and were run-ning ahead of him, while he swayed andlaughed above peoples heads. Everybodyturned to look, and then shouted his name. Women and girls were crowded aroundthe doors of t
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