Seneca, Roman philosopher. Seri'phus, island of. Seven Chiefs against Thebes, the. SEWELL, WILLIAM.--Anecdote of Chrys'ostom. SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE.--The sufferings of Prometheus; an image of Athens; a prophetic vision of the Greek Revolution. Shield of Hercules, the. Sicilian Expedition, the. Sicily, Island of.--Colonies in; invasion of, by Carthaginians; by the Athenians; affairs in the colonies under Hiero, Dionysius, etc.; the Roman conquer. Si'çy-on and Siçy-o'nians (sish'i-on); sculpture of; painting of. Slle'nus, a demi-god. The nurse, preceptor, and attendant of Bacchus, to whom Socrates was wont to compare himself. SIM'MIAS.--Tribute to Sophocles. Sim'o-is, a river of Troas. Simon'ides of Amorgos. SIMON'IDES OF CEOS.--Life and writings of. Extracts from: Epitaphs on the fallen at Thermopylæ; battle of Eurym'edon; Lamentation of Dan'ae. Slavonians, the.--Influences of. SMITH, WILLIAM, LL.D.--Socrates. Aristotle. SOCRATES; attack upon, by Aristophanes. Life and works of. Extracts from: His Defence. Views of a Future State. Solon, the Athenian law-giver.--Life and legislation of; capture of Salamis by; his integrity; protests against acts of Pisistratus; voluntary exile and death of; classed as one of the Seven Sages. Extracts from: Ridicule to which his integrity exposed him. Estimate of his own character and services. Sophists, the. SOPH'OCLES. Life and works of. Extracts from: The taking of an oath. Chariot-race of Orestes. The OEdipus Tyrannus. SOUTHEY, ROBERT.--The battle of Platoon. Sparta and the Spartans; Sparta is assigned to sons of Aristodemus; early history of; education and patriotism of; their poetry and music; conquests by; colonize Tarentum; reject the demands of Darius, but refuse to help Athens at Marathon; efforts of, to unite states against Persia; in battle of Thermopylæ; monuments and epitaphs to; in battle of Salamis; or Platæa; on coasts of Asia Minor; loses command in war against Persia; earthquake at Sparta, and revolt of the Helots; accepts aid from Athens; alliance of, with Athens, renounced, and war begun; defeats Athens at Tanagra, and is defeated; truce of, with Athens; begins Peloponnesian war; concludes the peace of Nicias; war of, with Argives, and victory at Mantinea; aids Syracuse against Athens; successes of, against Athens; occupies Athens, and withdraws from Attica; supremacy of Sparta; her defeat and humiliation by Thebes; engages in the Sacred War; revolt of, against Macedon; war with Pyrrhus; with Antigonus. Spor'a-des, the (islands). Sta-gi'ra, in Macedonia. Stati'ra, daughter of Darius, STEPHENS, JOHN L--A visit to Missolonghi. Stesich'orus, the poet. STORY, WILLIAM W.--Chersiphron, and the Temple of Diana. Stroph'a-des, the (islands). Stry'mon, the river. Styx. A celebrated torrent in Arcadia--now called "Black water" from the dark color of the rocks over which it flows--from which the fabulous river of the same name probably originated. Su'da, in Achaia. Su'sa, capital of Persia. Susa'rion, a comic poet. Syb'aris, in Italy; destroyed by Crotona. Sylla, a Roman general. SYMONDS, JOHN ADDINGTON.--The "Theogony" of Hesiod; Archilochus; the ladies of Lesbos; Sappho and her poems; the era of Athenian greatness; Pindar; Euripides; Menander. Syracuse, in Sicily.--Founded by Corinthians; progress of, under Gilon, and war with Carthage; destroys the Athenian expedition; affairs of, under Hiero and succeeding rulers. Syrts, two gulfs in Africa.

TALFOURD, THOMAS NOON.- Unity of the Iliad; Sophocles; the glory of Athens. Tan'agora, in Boeotia, battle of. Tan'talus, the story of. Taren'turn, in Italy. Tar'tarus, the place of punishment. Ta-yg'etus, mountain-range of. TAYLOR, BAYARD.--Legend of Hylas. Te'gea, in Arcadia. Teg'y-ra, battle at. Tem'enus, of the Heraclidæ. Tem'pe, Vale of. Ten'edos, island of. TENNENT, EMERSON.--Turkish oppression in Greece. Ten Thousand Greeks, retreat of. Te'os, in Ionia. TERPAN'DER, the poet; Spartan valor and music. Te'thys, wife of Ocean. Tha'is, an Athenian beauty. Tha'les, one of the Seven Sages; philosophy of. Theag'enes, despot of Megara. The'be, a city of Mysia. Thebes, city of; Thebans at Thermopylæ; attack of Thebans on Platæa; sympathy of, with Athens; seizure of, by the Spartans; rise and fall of Thebes; defeat of, at Charonea. The'mis, goddess of justice, or law. Themis'to-cles, Athenian general and statesman; at Marathon; rise of, in Athenian affairs; character and acts of; at Artemisium, and at Salamis; banishment, disgrace, and death of; monuments and tributes to. THEOC'RITUS.--Ptolemy Philadelphus. Theodo'rus, the sculptor. THEOG'NIS, poet of Megara.--The Revolutions in Megara. Theog'ony, the. The'ra, island of. Therma'ic Gulf (Saronic). Thermop'ylæ, pass of; battle at. The'ron, ruler of Agrigentum. Thersi'tes; a Greek warrior. The'seus (or se-us), first king of Athens; temple to, at Athens; legends of; temple of. Thes'piæ and the Thespians. Thes'pis. Thes'salus, son of Pisistratus. Thes'saly and the Thessa'lians. The'tis, a sea-deity; "Thetis' son" (Achilles). THIRLWALL, CONNOP, D.D.--The Trojan war. Want of political union among the Greeks. Character of an ochlocracy. Effects of the fall of oligarchy. Writings of Theognis. The rule of Pisistratus. Reforms of Clisthenes. The "Theogony" of Hesiod. Progress of Sculpture. Themistocles. Pericles. Pindar. The Greeks in the Sacred War. Last struggles of Greece. THOMSON, JAMES.--The Apollo-Belvedere. Sparta. Tribute to Solon. Teachings or Pythagoras. Architecture. Aristides. Cimon. Socrates. Architecture. Retreat of the Ten Thousand. Pelopidas and Epaminondas. The Dying Gladiator. The La-oc'o-on. The painting by Protog'enes at Rhodes. Thrace. Thrasybu'lus, an Athenian patriot. Thrasybulus, despot of Syracuse. THUCYD'IDES, the historian. Life and Works of. Extracts from: Speech of Pericles for war; Funeral Oration of Pericles; Athenian defeat at Syracuse. Thu'rii, in Italy. Tigra'nes. Timo'leon, a Corinthian.--Rebuilds Syracuse, and restores her prosperity. Timo'theus. Tire'sias (shi-as), priest and prophet. (See OEdipus Tyrannus.) Tir'yns, in Argolis. Tissapher'nes, Persian satrap. Ti'tans, the. Tit'y-us, punishment of. Tragedy.--At Athens; decline of. Tra'jan, the Roman emperor. Tripolit'za, modern capital of Arcadia. Tri'ton. A sea-deity, half fish in form, the son and trumpeter of Neptune. He blew through a shell to rouse or to allay the sea. Trojan War, the.--Account of; consequences of. Troy. (See Ilium.) TUCKERMAN.--American sympathy with Greece. Character of Otho. Of King George. Turks, the; invade Greece; contests of, with the Venetians; Siege and capture of Corinth by; final conquest of Greece; Greek revolution against; compelled to evacuate Greece. Tydl'des, a patronymic of Diomed. TYLER, PROF. W. S.--The divine mission of Socrates. TYMNÆ'US.--Spartan patriotic virtue. Tyn'darus, King of Sparta. Tyrant, or despot.--Definition of. Tyrants, the Thirty. The Ten Tyrants. Tyre, city of. TYRÆ'US.--Spartan war-song.

Ulys'ses, subject of the Odyssey; goes to Troy; rebukes Thersites; advises construction of the wooden horse; wanderings of; character of; raft of, described. Ulys'ses, a Greek general. U'ranus, or Heaven.

Venetians, the; contests of, with the Turks; capture the Peloponnesus and Athens; evacuate Athens; abandon Greece. Ve'nus, or Aphrodi'te, goddess of love; appears to Helen; statue of; painting of, rising from the sea. Vesta. VIRGIL.--Landing of Æneas. The taking of an oath. The fate of Troy. The Cumæan Cave. The Eleusinian Mysteries. Vo'lo, gulf of. Vulcan, god of fire.

WARBURTON, ELIOT B. G.--The sortie at Missolonghi. Wasps, the. WEBSTER, DANIEL.--Appeal of, for sympathy with the Greeks. WEYMAN, C. S.--Changes in statuary. WILLIS, N. P.--Parrhasius and his captive. WINTHROP, ROBERT C.--Visit of Cicero to tomb of Archimedes. WOOLNER, THOMAS.--Venus risen from the sea. WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM.--Fancies of the Greek mind. The joy of the Greeks at the Isthmian games. Works and Days, the.

Xan'thus, or the river Scamander. Xenoph'anes, the philosopher. Xen'ophon, the historian.--Leads the retreat of the Ten Thousand. Life and works of. Xerxes, King of Persia; prepares to invade Greece, and reviews his troops at Abydos; stories of; bridges and crosses the