(ii.) Freeman’s _History of Sicily_. Notice especially the admirable plan of Syracuse illustrating the siege by Nicias.
Or _Sicily_--‘Story of the Nations’ Series.
(iii.) _Some good Life of Archimedes._ The _Encyclopaedia Britannica_ supplies a good short life and refers to Cicero’s finding the Tomb of Archimedes, and to the still extant work of Archimedes on the Sphere and the Cylinder.
(iv.) For _Cicero’s Quaestorship in Sicily_, 75 B.C., consult some Life of Cicero, _e.g._ Forsyth’s, pp. 38-58, where reference is made to this incident.
(v.) For the _Tusculanae Disputationes_ (conversations between Cicero and a friend at his Tusculan villa, the subject of which is the chief essentials of happiness) consult the admirable introduction to the edition by T. W. Dougan, Camb. Press.
_The Vision of Anchises.--The Kings that are to be._
Quin et avo comitem sese Mavortius addet Romulus, Assaraci quem sanguinis Ilia mater Educet. Viden’ ut geminae stant vertice cristae, Et pater ipse suo superum iam signat honore? 780 En huius, nate, auspiciis illa incluta Roma Imperium terris, animos aequabit Olympo, Septemque una sibi muro circumdabit arces, Felix prole virum. . . . . . . . Quis procul ille autem ramis insignis olivae Sacra ferens? Nosco crines incanaque menta Regis Romani; primam qui legibus urbem 810 Fundabit, Curibus parvis et paupere terra Missus in imperium magnum. Cui deinde subibit, Otia qui rumpet patriae residesque movebit Tullus in arma viros et iam desueta triumphis Agmina. Quem iuxta sequitur iactantior Ancus, 815 Nunc quoque iam nimium gaudens popularibus auris. Vis et Tarquinios reges animamque superbam Ultoris Bruti fascesque videre receptos?
[Linenotes: 777. +Avo+ = _grandsire_, i.e. Numitor, the father of the Vestal Rhea or Ilia. +Mavortius+ = child of Mavors, old and poetic name for Mars. 778. +Assaraci+: King of Phrygia and grandfather of Anchises. 779. +geminae cristae.+ The double-crested helm, a distinction of Mars. 780. +superum+ = _for the world above_, i.e. as a god. Acc. Sing. 808. +ille+ = Numa Pompilius (716-673 B.C.), a native of Cures (811) in Sabine country, whom the Romans regarded as the founder (+fundabit+, 811) of their religious and legal institutions. 813. +qui+ = Tullus Hostilius (673-640 B.C.), a man of war, destroyed Alba. +resides+ = _sluggish_, _lazy_ (_re + sedeo_). 815. +Ancus Martius+ (640-616 B.C.), conqueror of the Latins. 817. +Tarquinios reges+ = (i.) Tarquinius Priscus (616-578 B.C.) of Tarquinii in Etruria; (ii.) Tarquinius Superbus (534-509 B.C.), expelled by Brutus. Vergil omits Servius Tullius (578-534 B.C.). 817-818. +animamque ... receptos.+ Brutus, nephew of T. Superbus, roused Rome to expel the Tarquins and found the Republic: and thus the +fasces+ (the sign of power) were _recovered_ (+receptos+) by the people. --Sidgwick.]