SEVEN WEEKS' WAR 



5318 SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD 



SEVEN WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD 



Pharos of Alexandria 

 The Olympian Zeus 



The Pyramids 



Hanging Gardens of Babylon 



Temple of Diana 



Colossus of Rhodes 

 Mausoleum at Halicarnassus 



two countries had existed for years, and Bis- 

 marck had purposely pushed it to the verge of 

 war that it might be decided for all time 

 which of the two states was to be supreme in 

 Germany. The final break occurred over the 

 Schleswig-Holstein question. Prussia had on 

 its side Italy, which hoped to be able to free 

 Venetia from Austria, and the most of the 

 North German states, while Austria's allies 

 were Bavaria, Wiirttemberg, Saxony, Hesse, 

 Hanover and various small states. Following 

 the plans laid out by Von Moltke, the Prus- 

 sians won victory after victory, and after the 

 battle of Koniggriitz, or Sadowa, it became ap- 

 parent that there was nothing for the Austrians 

 to do but to make peace. The Peace of Prague, 

 by which matters were formally settled, added 

 greatly to the prestige of Prussia in Germany. 



Related Subjects. The reader will find addi- 

 tional information in the following articles in 

 these volumes: 

 Austria, subhead Prussia, subtitle Govern- 



History ment and History 

 Bismarck-Schonhausen Sadowa, Battle of 



Moltke, Count von Schleswig-Holstein 



SEVEN WISE MEN OF GREECE, the name 

 commonly applied to seven sages who lived in 

 Greece in the last quarter of the seventh and 

 the first half of the sixth century B. c. Authori- 

 ties differ somewhat as to the seven names, but 

 the list generally accepted is Bias, Chilon, Cleo- 

 bulus, Periander, Pittacus, Solon and Thales. 

 Their wisdom was recognized during their lives, 

 and they gained honor and influence as public 

 men in their own cities. Brief poems and short, 

 pithy sentences became current which were sup- 

 posed to embody their wisdom, such as "Know 

 thyself" and "Nothing in excess." 



SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD, the 

 seven works of art most noted among the an-, 

 cients for beauty or for remarkable size. The 

 earliest list of these was compiled from the 

 numerous guide books of the Greeks and differs 

 only slightly from the second and more au- 

 thentic list found in the work of Philo of By- 

 zantium. This includes the Pyramids of Egypt, 

 the Hanging Gardens of Semiramis at Babylon, 

 the statue of Jupiter, or Zeus, at Olympia, by 

 the sculptor Phidias, the temple of Diana at 



