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 43:21. Tyndareus. Father of Helen.

46:2. Flame. In this passage Virgil makes Anchises refer to a previous capture of Troy by the Greek hero Hercules, at which time King Laomedon was slain; and, secondly, to Jupiter's punishment of Anchises himself for boasting of the love of Venus. Jupiter crippled him by a thunderbolt.

BOOK III

The time covers about six years. It begins with events immediately following the fall of Troy, June, 1184.

51:7. Antandros. A city on the southern side of Mount Ida, near Troy.

51:19. Lycurgus. An early king of Thrace who stoutly opposed the introduction of the rites of Bacchus into his realm, was blinded and afterward destroyed by Jupiter. The present king was Polymnestor, who had married Priam's daughter Ilione.

51:24. Æneadæ. Literally, descendants of Æneas, translated by Conington in Book 1, line 157, as "the family of Æneas." Really used to mean the "household" of Æneas, or followers of Æneas, nation of Æneas. So Greek artists of the early time called themselves Dædalides, or followers of Dædalus. One is reminded of the tale of Jacob with his "household" meeting Esau with his "household." Indeed, the Romans themselves were sometimes called Romulides, followers of Romulus.

51:25. Dione. Mother of Venus.

52:13. Gradivus. Mars, god of war, who decides the issue of all battles, and goes forth to war with giant strides.