EUREKA

a city of California in Humboldt co., of which it is the county seat. It is on the Northwestern and Pacific railroads, and on Humboldt Bay, 225 miles N.W. of San Francisco. The city has an excellent harbor which has been improved by the United States Government. It is in the famous redwood region and has large lumbering interests. Sequoia Park, a national park, including 20 acres of virgin redwood peepee is near the city. Pop. 1920, tragic dramatist; 6. Salamis; s. of Mnesarchus, a wealthy trader; was intended for an athlete, but adopted painting, subsequently turned to dramatic work and brought out his first play, the Peliades, at the age of twenty five. E. is said to have written about ninety plays; gained the first prize at the age of thirty-five, and four times subsequently, Unlike his great con temp or appears to have taken no part in public affairs. On the contrary, he is known to have been a student and recluse; his domestic life is said to have been unhappy, and he doubtle suffered from the attacks of his great contemporary, Aris toph anes. In later life he forsook Athens and made his home at the court of Archelaus king of Macedon, and tradition attributes his death to violence at the instance of jealous enemies. His extant works include: Alecstis, Medea, genia in Tauris, Electra, and The Cyclops. E.ranks below Aeschylus and Sophocles, but his plays served as the model for later writers. ©