HERBS

plants with no woody ti u in stems. Italy, situated at eastern base of M1 Vesuvius. In 79 A.D. it was annihilate by eruption, when a stream of lava na shower of ashes covered it so completel that it was lost sight of for cent.’s; sinc early XVIII. cent., however, excava tions have been more or le constantl going on, and now a good part of th city is open to view, including th theatre and two small temples; th discoveries render po ible the rec or struct i on of domestic life of the ancients and many beautiful wall-paintings an statues have been brought to light, a well as philosophical MSS., coins, mc saics, etc. City was traditionally con nected with Hercules; taken by Roman in Samnite Wars, and again in Sociz War, 88 B.C.; an important town a time of its destruction. myth.), s. of Zeus and Alcmene, wife c A mph i try on, king of Thebes. As h | grew to manhood be became celebrate \for his great stature, strength, an beauty. He performed many feats c valor. Subsequently he was drive: mad by the enmity of Hera, and kille hig own children. At a later dat Eurystheus, king of Mycene, impose |upon him the punishment of twely great labors: to slay the Nemean lior to destroy the Hydra; to capture th Arcadian stag; also the Erymantian boa to cleanse the Augean stables; to slay th Stymphalian birds; to capture the Cre tan bull; to capture the wild mares Diomedes; to secure the girdle of Hippc lyte, the Amazon; to capture the oxe of the giant, Geryon;to obtain the golde apples of the Hesperides; and to bring u Cerberus from the lower world.