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 BOOK XI

Funeral honors to the dead. The truce broken by renewal of hostilities.

257:27. Arpi. A town of Apulia.

268:5. The pillars of Proteus are the island of Pharos and the coast of Egypt, whither Menelaus was driven.

258:8. Monarch of Mycenæ. Agamemnon.

262:16. Myrmidons. See page 325.

263:11. Camilla. A warrior princess of the Volsci.

264:10. Coras. See page 170.

265:4. Champaign. Plain.

BOOK XII

Final conflict between Æneas and Turnus.

279:29. Orichalc. Copper.

280:24. Vervain. Verbena, leafy twig, sacred bough (of laurel, olive, myrtle, or cypress).

288:18. Dittany. Herb growing on Mount Dicte in Crete.

288:24. Ambrosia. Sustenance of immortal life, food of the gods, as nectar is their drink.

296:12. Holms. Oaks, holm-oak, "great scarlet oak."

303:16. Soul. Cf. the Emperor Hadrian's Address to his Soul, translated by Byron, Prior, Pope, Merivale, Carnarvon, etc.