Leovigild was in many ways one of the greatest kings of his time

A bold and skilful general, he subdued the kingdom of the Sueves in the northwest of Spain, wrested from the emperor's soldiers several of the cities which they had occupied, and brought the native inhabitants of the peninsula into complete subjection. He built fortre es and founded cities, established a new system of administration of the kingdom, and made many new laws suited to the altered needs of his people. It was under his firm rule that the Goths and the Romanised natives were taught to feel themselves to be the fellow subjects of one kingdom, and so the proce began which ended in the complete blending of the two peoples into one. It will be remembered that Southey, in his poem of "Roderick," in the complete blending speaks of: "The golden pome, the proud array Of ermine, aureate vests, and jewelry, With all which Leovigild for after kings Left, ostentatious of his power." The name of Leovigild, however, is best known on account of the tragic story of the rebellion of his eldest son Ermenegild, honoured in later ages as a saint and martyr of the Catholic Church. The cause of trouble was, in this instance as in many others in Visigoth history, a Frankish marriage. The bride whom Leovigild obtained for his son was In gun this, the young daughter of Sigebert and Brunhild, and the wedding was celebrated in Toledo with the splendid ostentation of which the king was so fond. Er menegild had already received from his father a share in the kingly dignity, and Leovigild hoped that the marriage with a Frankish prince would help to ensure his son's succe ion to the crown. But the young daughter of Brunhild belonged of course to the Catholic faith; and Queen Goiswintha (the widow of A than a gild, whom Leovigild had married) was a bigoted Arian. The Frankish historian Gregory of Tours tells the story that Goiswintha dragged In gun this to the ground by her hair, beat her cruelly, and then forced her to undergo baptism by an Arian priest. Very likely this is pure fiction, but it seems to be true that Queen Goiswintha and her daughter-in-law quarreled so Patras: the ancient Corinthiacus Sinus (Gulf of Corinth). It separates Middle Greece from the Peloponnesus. Lepe epe (la'pā), (la Diego de. Born in Spain about 1460: died, died, probably probably in Portugal, before 1515. A Spanish navigator. In Dec., 1499, he sailed from Palos with two ve els, following nearly in the track of Pinzon and reaching the coast of South America south of Cape St. Augustine: thence he followed the shore to Venezuela, returning to Spain in June, 1500. of i Lesina raphy, a marshy region in Argolis, Greece, south of Argos. It is notable in Greek mythology for the Lernean hydra. See Hercules . Lero (la'rō). A small island of the Sporades, Ægean Sea, belonging to Turkey, situated 32 miles south of Samos: the ancient Leros. Leroux (lé-rö'), Pierre. Born at Paris, April 17, 1797: died there, April 12, 1871. A French philosophical writer, journalist, writer, journalist, and socialist, man consul (137 B. c.) and orator. He was sent into Spain during his consulship, and conducted an unsucce ful war against the Vaccæi. Lepidus, Marcus Æmilius. Died about 77 в. с. Father of Lepidus the triumvir. He was consul in 78 B. C., and was defeated by Pompey and Catulus at Rome 77 в. с. Lepidus, Marcus Æmilius. Died 13 в. с. А Roman politician, a member of the triumvirate with Octavian and Antony in 43 B. c. He was deposed in 36. Lepontii (lē-pon's hi-i). In ancient geography, an Alpine people in Rhætia, chiefly in what is now the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Lepontine (le-pon'tin) Alps. [Named from the Lepontii.] That part of the Alps which extends from the Simplon Pa eastward to the Splügen Pa . It comprises the St. Gotthard, Ticino, and Adula Alps. Monte Leone is 11,694 feet in height. Leporello (le-pō-rel'lo). The valet of Don Giovanni in Mozart's opera of that name. He executes the perfidious orders of his master, sympathizes with his succe , helps him out of scrapes, and is a physical and moral coward. Compare Mascarille and Sganarelle . Lepsius (lep'sē-ös), Karl Richard. Born at Naumburg, Pru ia, Dec. 23, 1810: died at Berlin, July 10, 1884. A celebrated German Egypt ologist and philologist. He conducted the Pru ian expedition to Egypt 1842-46. Among his works are "Denkmaler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien" ("Monuments of Egypt and Ethiopia," 1849-59), "Chronologie der Ägypter" (1848-49), "Briefe aus Agypten, etc." (1852), "Über den ersten ägyptischen Götterkreis" (1851), etc. He also published "A Standard Alphabet for reducing Uhwritten Languages and Foreign Graphic Systems to a Uniform Orthography in European Letters" (1855). Leptis Magna (lep'tis mag'nä), or Neapolis (ne-ap'ō-lis). [Gr. Λέπτις .] In ancient geography, a seaport in northern Africa, situated in lat. 32° 38′ N., long. 14° 13' E.: the modern Lebda. It was a Phenic i an colony. Lepus (lē'pus). [L., 'the Hare.'"] An ancient southern constellation, situated south of Orion and east of Canis Major. Its brightest star, of 2.7 magnitude, is in a line from the middle star of Orion's belt through the sword of Orion. Le Puy. See Puy . Lerdode Tejada (lar'dō dā tā-на'тна), Miguel. Born at Vera Cruz, 1814: died in Mexico City,