e to
settle in Greece. His name was Ce'crops, and, as he came to Greece after
the Deluge of Ogyges, he found very few inhabitants left. He landed, and
decided to build a city on a promontory northeast of Argos. Then he
invited all the Pelasgians who had not been drowned in the flood to join
him.

The Pelasgians, glad to find such a wise leader, gathered around him,
and they soon learned to plow the fields and to sow wheat. Under
Cecrops' orders they also planted olive trees and vines, and learned how
to press the oil from the olives and the wine from the grapes. Cecrops
taught them how to harness their oxen; and before long the women began
to spin the wool of their sheep, and to weave it into rough woolen
garments, which were used for clothing, instead of the skins of wild
beasts.

After building several small towns in At'ti-ca, Cecrops founded a larger
one, which was at first called Ce-cro'pi-a in honor of himself. This
name, however, was soon changed to Ath'ens to please A-the'ne (or
Mi-ner'va), a goddess whom the people worshiped, and who was said to
watch over the welfare of this her favorite city.

[Illustration: Athene.]

When Cecrops died, he was followed by other princes, who continued
teaching the people many useful things, such as the training and
harnessing of horses, the building of carts, and the proper way of
harvesting grain. One prince even showed them how to make beehives, and
how to use the honey as an article of food.

As the mountain sides in Greece are covered with a carpet of wild,
sweet-smelling herbs and flowers, the Greek honey is very good; and
people say that the best honey in the world is made by the bees on Mount
Hy-met'tus, near Athens, where they gather their golden store all summer
long.

Shortly after the building of Athens, a Phoenician colony, led by
Cad'mus, settled a neighboring part of the country, called Boe-o'tia,
where they founded the city which was later known as Thebes. Cadmus also
taught the people many useful things, among others the art of trade (or
commerce) and that of navigation (the building and using of ships); but,
best of all, he brought the alphabet to Greece, and showed the people
how to express their thoughts in writing.

Almost at the same time that Cadmus founded Thebes, an Egyptian called
Dan'a-us came to Greece, and settled a colony on the same spot where
that of Inachus had once been. The new Argos rose on the same place as
the old; and the country