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Tĭm-e-sīth´e-ŭs.

Tīr-i-bā´zus.

Tis-sa-pher´nēs.

Tra-pē´zus.

Traverse, 90.

Tribute, 13.

Tri-phy̆l´i-a.

Trī´rēme, 105.

Trō´ad, 140.

Tuileries (Tweel´re).

Turrets, 84.

Twer (Wer).

Ve-re´i-a, 238.

Viazma, 243.

Viceroy, 229.

Wall of Media, 15.

War, The, 39.

Witepsk, 194.

Wittgenstein, 237.

Xan´thi-klēs.

Xĕn´o-phŏn.

Zăb´a-tŭs.

Za-kyn´thus.

Zeūs, 29.

Zeūs, The Gracious, 139.

FOOTNOTES:

In the classical names ch has the sound of k, e.g. Achaia (A-kā´i-a); the diphthong æ has the sound of long ē, e.g. Æneas (Ē-nē´as), Kænæ (Kē´nē); ēs at the end of a word has the sound of eez, e.g. Apollonidēs (Ăp-ol-lŏn´i-deez); ti in Boeotia has the sound of she, e.g. (Bē-ō´she-ah). The Russian names may be pronounced as English.

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