. Uomini della vecchia Grecia, di Jennie Hall. Il mare! Il mare! È una bella cosa. I due giovani correvano lungo il molo, fianco a fianco. Un tempo pensavo vergognoso che un manshands odori di corde e remi, ha detto thefirst; ma ora, Milon, sono fiero di thatsmell quanto dell'olio di Olympia. Pensate ai giorni, ha risposto Milon, quando abbiamo passato la metà del nostro tempo in palestra. Il disco, la lancia, i boxenthong, la corsa, i pesi di salto, ci hanno dato forti muscoli e quickey. Ma questo, Demipho! Questo è in lotta con gli dei stessi. Hermesblow la nostra nave nord? W

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. 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 ? We make it go south.Will Poseidon beat her against the rocks ?We guide her off. Athenians have beenlandsmen. These little islands have lordedit over the sea. Let them be careful!Athens is learning to pull the oar and workthe sail. We have already made ^Egina smart. Themistocles 131 But Persia! said Demipho. Shall wehe al)le to hold out against her? kingXerxes builds a bridge a mile long. Hesets his slaves to work, and in a few months. ONE OF THE TEMPLES OF POSEIDON he has dug a trench from sea to sea for hisships to sail through. His army has beenthree years coming together. lie has saidthat he will not rest until he has burnedAthens. What can we do against such aking? 132 Men of Old Greece Themistocles will find a way, repliedMilon. True, Demipho answered. Whatcan he not do ? He has built a fleet and hasturned farmers and merchants into sailors. The two young men were walking along acountry road. Before them stood up thesteep Acropolis hill, with its temples. Otherhills clustered around it. The houses layamong them. The young men came to thefoot of the Pnyx. Streams of men werepouring toward it. All were talking ex-citedly. The words Persians, :<Xerxes, were spoken often. They all walked up thehill and showed little tickets to the keeperof the gate. Those tickets of sheepskin toldthat the men who held them had a right togo to the meetings of Athens. So they allpassed in. Afte

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