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 2:11. Achilles. Son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea nymph, chief champion of the Greeks before Troy. 2:22. Teucrians. Teucer, an ancient king of Troy; he came to Troy from Crete. He was father-in-law of Dardanus, and is often called founder of the Trojans. 2:23. Pallas. Epithet of the Greek goddess Athena. Sometimes identified with the Latin goddess of wisdom, Minerva. 2:26. Ajax. Oïleus' son. Had, on the night Troy was taken, assaulted Priam's daughter Cassandra, who had taken refuge in Minerva's temple. 2:27. Jove. Jupiter, chief of the Olympian gods. Son of Cronos or Saturnus. He is father omnipotent, father of gods, and king of men. The lightning and the thunderbolt, fashioned for him by Vulcan, are his weapons. The eagle is his messenger. Apparently Jupiter, the Sky-father, is the personification of the sky. Cicero quotes Ennius as follows: "This shining vault on high which all men call upon in prayer as Jupiter." 2:30. Rock's.

"caught in a fierce tempest shall be hurled Each on his rock transfixed, the sport and prey Of rocking whirlwinds."

—, Paradise Lost. 2:38. Æolia. Home of the winds, — Lipara. One of the Æolian islands north of Sicily. 2:38. Cavern.

"In a cavern under is fettered the thunder, It struggles and howls by fits."

—, The Cloud.