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 59:5. Tables. Not so dreadful a portent as it seemed. See page 153.

59:18. Zacynthos. The island Zante.

59:29. Actium. Actium is introduced here because of the epoch-making battle of Actium between Augustus and Antony, and the fact that Augustus, after the victory, initiated games there.

60:5. Phæacian. The island Corfu.

61:4. Daughter. Polyxene, sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles.

61:11. Hermione. Granddaughter of Leda, daughter of Menelaus and Helen; had been betrothed in Menelaus' absence to Orestes. Menelaus, not knowing this, gave her to Pyrrhus Neoptolemus, Achilles' son.

61:36. Scæan gate. Famous gate of Troy.

63:4. Circe. The famous sorceress, who by her magic cake turned men into animals. She was called Ææan, from Æa, a city in Colchis, in Asia Minor, famous for its magic. Circe came from Colchis. Her island is fabled to have become a promontory of Latium.

64:5. Scylla and Charybdis. Whirlpools, bordering the straits of Messina, dangerous to the ancient navigator. This is the description of Scylla used by Milton in describing one of the guardians of the gate of Hell.

64:15. Trinacrian. Sicilian. The word is of Greek origin, and signifies triangular, referring to the contour of Sicily. Pachynus itself was the southeastern point of Sicily, the modern Capo di Passaro.

66:8. Astyanax. Son of Hector and Andromache, who perished in the sack of Troy.