A source-book of ancient history - The Search For Mecca

240 Sicilian Expedition to End of War
is now called the Acropolis, but what was then called the
city. The legend is that the image fell from heaven, but
whether this was so or not I will not inquire.
STUDIES
1. With what feelings did the Athenians despatch the expedition
to Sicily? Describe the condition of the armament. What ceremonies
attended the departure? What was to be the course of the
fleet? Why was this route taken?
2. Who were Demosthenes and Nicias (Ancient World, 229, 231)?
Why did not the defeated Athenians sail away from Syracuse? Describe
the fate of the Athenians?
3. Describe the appearance of Alcibiades; his character. What
characteristics are illustrated by the two anecdotes of his childhood?
What was his musical education? What objections had he to the
flute? What influence had Socrates over him? What light do the
circumstances of his marriage throw upon his character? What
general impression of him do you gain from this entire passage from
Plutarch?
4. What were the terms of peace at the close of the Peloponnesian
war? Were they warranted by the circumstances? Who was Lysander?
5. On what subjects did Aristophanes write? What does he think
of his fellow-citizens of alien birth? Were there many such at Athens?
What opinion had he of manufacturers?
6. What quahties of the old kind of education does the "Just
Cause" think admirable? What advantages accrue from the good
old kind of education?
7. Describe the character of Alcestis. What was the sentiment as
to second marriages? What was the feeling of Admetus toward his
deceased wife? What is his view of death? What is the leading idea
in the selection from the loti?
8. What had been Socrates' daily occupation? What had he been
trying to teach his fellow-citizens? On what charge was he tried?
What did he think of death? What did he hope to do in the next
world? Who is the author of this passage, and what connection had
he with Socrates?
9. What objects of interest did Pausanias find in the Erechtheum?
Why was the building double?