Introduction to Greek prose composition; with exercises

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ... more, oiU. XXXVIII.--the Cock-horses. Ionius, wishing to buy a house and park, went over to inspect it first before buying it, in case he found any deficiency in it, such as to make him change his mind. And when he arrived and met the man who took charge of the park, he asked if he could go round and examine everything, and he assented. And as everything seemed to be in good condition, and both the house and the arrangements outside appeared well managed, at last he asked the steward how the place stood in the matter of hunting. And he said there was a wonderful number of hares, so that wherever one walked they were seen jumping and running about. Pleased with this he asked again if the same was the case with birds, so that there should be a plentiful supply for those who were fond of shooting. And when the steward vehemently asserted that there were so many that the trees were not sufficient for them to sit on, he suspected that he was lying, in order that he might desire the more to buy the park. So he asked him in the same manner how many cock-horses were bred there. And after a brief pause the man replied that there were not many of them, but at times they appeared by night if one looked carefully for them. park, wapiSturos, I. stood,?x» When Maonius was travelling in the Sicilian hills, he used to ride all day, and pass the night with some of the Sicilian farmers. These men seemed to him on the whole to be excellent people, attending to him carefully, and conversing with him as the best friends would do: but in this he blamed them, that they stole the corn which he gave to his horse. He did not discover at first the roguery, for he thought the horse had eaten the corn: but perceiving that he became weak and starved, he suspected the cause, and us...