The Prisoner of Chillon, Mazeppa, And Other Selections From Lord Byron;
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A fortress commanding a pass of the same name conducting into Attica from Boeotia. 11. Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who was expelled from Athens by the Thirty Tyrants. With the aid of a Theban force, he took Phyle, and from that place began operations against the Thirty, whom he expelled. In 403 b.c. he re-established the democracy. 15. Carle. Churl, rustic, countryman. 17- Turkish hand. To what historical events does Byron allude in this poem ? 19. With this line cf . Isles of Greece : ...— " But all except their sun is set." 26. What does solely mean hero ? 134 LORD BYBON. 31. Why are the French and Russians called Gauls and Musco- vites respectively? 34. Helots. The serfs or slaves of the Spartans ; hence the latter, who oppressed them, were regarded as their enemies. How may the " shades of the Helots " now triumph over their foe ? 37. Allah. Literally the " Worthy-to-be-adored," the Arabic name for God. Giaour, meaning infidel or unfaithful, was applied by the Mahometans to all who did not believe in the Prophet, and especially to Christians.
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