[Greek: Chairete, nikômen.] Rejoice we conquer!
2. _Dæmons._ In Greek mythology a superior order of beings between men
and the gods.
4. _Her of the ægis and spear._ Athena, whose ægis was a scaly cloak or
mantle bordered with serpents and bearing Medusa's head.
5. _Ye of the bow and the buskin._ Artemis or Diana, the huntress.
Ancient statues represent her as wearing shoes laced to the ankle.
8. _Pan._ The god of nature, half goat and half man. To him was ascribed
the power of causing sudden fright by his voice and appearance. He came
suddenly into the midst of the Persians on the field of Marathon--so the
legend runs--and threw them into such a "panic" that, for this reason,
they lost the battle.
9. _Archons of Athens, topped by the tettix._ _Archon._ One of the nine
rulers of Athens. _Tettix._ A grasshopper. "The Athenians sometimes wore
golden grasshoppers in their hair as badges of honor, because these
insects are supposed to spring from the ground, and thus they showed
they were sprung from the original inhabitants of the country." (Berdoe,
_Browning Cyclopædia_, p. 336.)
12. _Reach Sparta for aid._ The distance between Athens and Sparta is
about 135 miles.
18. _Persia bids Athens proffer slaves'-tribute, water and earth._ The
Persians sent to those states which they wished to subject, messengers
who were to ask earth and water as symbols of submission.