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P. 222, l. 194. Through Chrysa’s cruel sting. Chrysa was an island near the Troad, sacred to a goddess of the name. Her precinct was guarded by a serpent, whose bite, from which Philoctetes suffered, was incurable. See below, p. 254, l. 1327.

P. 226, l. 344. The fosterer of my sire. Phoenix, the tutor of Achilles.

P. 227, l. 351. For I ne’er | Had seen him. The legend which makes Achilles go to Troy from Scyros is probably ignored.

l. 384. Vile offset of an evil tree. Alluding to the supposed birth of Odysseus. See on Ai., l. 190, p. 60.

P. 230, l. 489. Of old Chalcodon. One of the former generation, a friend and neighbour of Poeas the father of Philoctetes.

P. 237, l. 729. Of him, whose home is in the skies. Heracles, imagined as transfigured on Mount Oeta.

P. 254, l. 1328. The sky-roofed fold. The open precinct that was sacred to the goddess, merely surrounded by a wall. See above, note on p. 222, l. 194.

P. 255, l. 1333. Phoebus’ child. Asclepius.

P. 265, l. 158. Mingles with draughts, &c. Where libations are mixed of water and honey.

P. 288, l. 888. The God. Poseidon. See above, p. 282, l. 55.

P. 306, l. 1525. neighbouring, (the participle).

l. 1534. The dragon-brood. The Cadmeian race at Thebes, sprung from the dragon’s teeth sown by Cadmus.

N.B.—For other questionable points the student is referred to the small edition of Sophocles, by Campbell and Abbott (2 vols.. Clarendon Press, 1900).