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 Gradivus is derived from a Latin word meaning to march, Mars was father of Romulus and Remus by Rhea Sylvia.

53:11. Manes. The souls of the dead, also the spirit or shade of a single person.

53:16. Farewell call. The cry valë, made three times at the funeral pyre as a final farewell to the dead.

53:35. Thymbra. A city near Troy having a famous temple of Apollo.

64:35. Gnossus. A common name for Crete, from one of its towns.

55:4. Idomeneus. A king of Crete, leader of the Cretan forces against Troy. On his return to Crete, in accordance with a vow, he sacrificed his son to the gods. Because of the pestilence that followed this act, the Cretans banished Idomeneus.

56:17. Hesperia. Land of the evening star, or western land, Italy. Also called Ausonia.

56:25. Corythus. Legendary ancestor of the Trojans.

56:26. Dicte. A mountain in the eastern part of Crete.

57:32. Celæno. Queen of the Harpies, which were foul winged monsters described as daughters of Electra and Oceanus.

57:33. Phineus. King of Salmydessus in Thrace. He put out the eyes of his son, and so was himself blinded by the gods, and the Harpies were sent to torment him by carrying off or defiling all his food. The house of Phineus was shut to the Harpies when they were driven off by the Argonauts.