HEREDITARY DESCENT IN ANCIENT GREECE. 23 



Who was JEschylus ? He was the leader of all 

 Greek poets, and perhaps superior to Sophocles, and 

 even to Euripides. He was not only king of poets, 

 but renowned as a warrior. Who was his brother ? 

 Cyneegeirus, who fought side by side with ^Eschylus 

 at Marathon. On this Acropolis there was once a 

 painting commemorating these two brothers for their 

 action on that battle-field. Who was his second 

 brother? Ameinas, who commenced the attack on 

 the Persian ships at Salamis. Who was his nephew ? 

 Philocles, who was victorious in a poetic combat with 

 Sophocles. Who were other nephews? Euphorion 

 and Bion, who were four times victorious in poetic 

 contests, and founded a tragic school which lasted 

 one hundred and twenty-five years. 



Who was Cromwell ? The first American. Who 

 was his first cousin? Hampden the patriot, the 

 second American. You do well to remember these 

 names with gratitude ; for Macaulay says that Hamp- 

 den and Cromwell were once on shipboard in Eng- 

 land with the intention of coming to America for 

 life. Cromwell, Hampden, and Milton were the first 

 Americans. The first cousin of Cromwell was Hamp- 

 den the patriot; another cousin once removed was 

 Edmund Waller the poet. The son Henry behaved 

 with gallantry in the army. 



Who was William Pitt ? A man who gave Eng- 

 land dignity in the four quarters of the globe. Who 

 was his son? The man who throttled Napoleon 

 between 1783 and 1801, and 1804 and 1806, as pre- 

 mier of a power whose drum-beat was heard in all 



