. subjects,( and these chapters are arranged in alphabeticalorder. The contents of the books are as fobI lows :—(1) Chiefly ^ri5<iKTi«a : that is, displays » A 2 724 PLATAEA of skill in this species of poetry, in 91 chapters.(2) Jocular or satiric ((TKuiirrtKa), chaps. 53. (3)Sepulchral (emTVfxfita), chaps. 32. (4) Inscrip-tions on statues of athletes and other works ofart, descriptions of places, &c, chaps. 33. (5)The Ecphrasis of Christodorus, and epigramson statues of charioteers in the Hippodrome atConstantinople. (6) Dedicato
. subjects,( and these chapters are arranged in alphabeticalorder. The contents of the books are as fobI lows :—(1) Chiefly ^ri5<iKTi«a : that is, displays » A 2 724 PLATAEA of skill in this species of poetry, in 91 chapters.(2) Jocular or satiric ((TKuiirrtKa), chaps. 53. (3)Sepulchral (emTVfxfita), chaps. 32. (4) Inscrip-tions on statues of athletes and other works ofart, descriptions of places, &c, chaps. 33. (5)The Ecphrasis of Christodorus, and epigramson statues of charioteers in the Hippodrome atConstantinople. (6) Dedicatory (avadri par tied),chaps. 27. (7) Amatory (epcuri/ca). This abridg-ment by Planudes was the most completeanthology known until the discovery of thePalatine MS. of Cephalas, which then super-seded it.—Edition of the Palatine Anthologyby Jacobs, Lips. 1813-1817; Tauchnitz edition,Lips. 1872; Diibner, Paris, 1864. Plataea, more commonly Plataeae (JlXarata,n\aToiai: UKaratevs), an ancient city of Boeo-tia, on the N. slope of Mount Cithaeron, not far. Battle of Plataea. a. Persians ; 6. Athenians; e. Lacedaemonians; d. Various Greek allies ; I. First Position„ occupied by the opposing armies; II. Second position; III. Third position ; A. Roadfrom Plataea to Thebes ; B. Road from Megara to Thebes; C. Persian camp; D. Ery-thrae; E. Hysiae. from the sources of the Asopus, and on thefrontiers of Attica. It was said to have beenfounded by Thebes; and its name was com-monly derived from Plataea, a daughter ofAsopus. (II. ii. 504; Thuc. iii. 61; Strab. ; Paus. ix. 1, 1.) The town, though notlarge, played an important part in Greekhistory, and experienced many striking vicissi-tudes of fortune. At an early period thePlataeans deserted the Boeotian confederacyand placed themselves under the protection ofAthens (Hdt. vi. 108 ; Thuc. iii. 68), and whenthe Persians invaded Attica, in 490, theysent 1000 men to the assistance of the Athe-nians, and had the honour of fighting o
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