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Liber:Easy Latin Stories.djvu

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Scriptor George L. Bennett
Titulus Easy Latin Stories for Beginners
Annus 1878
Fons Fasciculus:Easy Latin Stories.djvu
Paginae
English key at en:Index:Key to Easy Latin Stories for beginners.djvu
CONTENTS.
PREFACE
I THE STORY OF ARION 1
II THE HABITS OF THE MASSAGETAE 2
III BEASTS IN EGYPT AND LIBYA 2
IV AN AFRICAN REGIMENT 4
V THE EQUIPMENT OF PERSIAN SOLDIERS 5
VI THE STORY OF ATYS 6
VII A CROCODILE HUNT 8
VIII ARTAYCTES 8
IX ANECDOTES 9
X THE LABOURS OF HERCULES 16
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 26
XVIII THE MAGIC RING 25
XIX TIT FOR TAT 26
XX A DISTINCTION WITHOUT A DIFFERENCE 26
XXI SOLON’S PRECEPTS 26
I THE STORY OF POLYCRATES 27
II THE STORY OF RHAMPSINITUS AND THE THIEF 28
III OIL WELLS 30
IV THE BODY-GUARD OF XERXES 31
V A WEALTHY SUBJECT 31
VI A BALD PEOPLE 32
VII THE FIRST WOODEN LEG 32
I SYLOSON'S CLOAK 33
II THE STORY OF ZOPYRUS 34
III PERSIAN COURIERS 37
IV A MIRACLE 37
V THE SPICE TRADE 38
VI THE GOLD ANTS 39
VII LIBYA 40
VIII THE SPARTAN KINGS 41
IX THE FAMILY OF THE ALCMAEONIDAE 42
I SOME BARBAROUS CUSTOMS 45
II THE SIEGE OF BARCA 46
III ANECDOTES 46
IV THE FIRST INVASION OF EUROPE 48
V A HAIRBREADTH ESCAPE 51
VI OROETES AND POLYCRATES 51
VII DARIUS AND DEMOCEDES 54
VIII A THRACIAN SUTTEE 55
IX A LAKE VILLAGE 55
X A WAY OUT OF A DIFFICULTY 56
XI THE ADVANTAGES OF A REPUBLIC 57
XII THE SHORTEST WAY TO ABSOLUTE POWER 57
XIII THE IONIC REVOLT 58
XIV THE CAMPAIGN IN CYPRUS 58
XV THE BATTLE OF LADE 62
XVI THE SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST GREECE 65
XVII THE LAST DAYS OF MILTIADES 71
XVIII EXPEDITION OF CLEOMENES AGAINST ARGOS 73
XIX A DIFFICULTY 76
XX THE THIRD INVASION OF GREECE 77
XXI ANECDOTES 93
XXII THE AETHIOPIANS 100
NOTES, 103
VOCABULARY, 121
PROPER NAMES, 145