NOTES
Phaeacia:—The land of the Phaeacians, on the Island of Scheria, or Corcyra, the modern Corfu.
Athene:—Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, skill, and science. She was interested in war, and protected warlike heroes.
Cyclops:—One of a race of uncouth giants, each of whom had but a single eye, which was in the middle of the forehead.
Nausithoüs:—The king of the Phaeacians at the time they entered Scheria.
Hades:—The realm of souls; not necessarily a place of punishment.
Artemis:—Another name for Diana, goddess of the moon.
Taÿgetus and Erymanthus:—Mountains in Greece.
Leto:—The mother of Artemis.
Delos:—An island in the Aegean Sea.
Ogygia:—The island of the goddess Calypso, who held Odysseus captive for seven years.
Hephaestus:—Another name for Vulcan, the god of the under-world. He was a skilled worker in metal.
Poseidon:—Neptune, god of the ocean.
Land-shaker:—Neptune.
Marathon:—A plain eighteen miles from Athens. It was here that the Greeks defeated the Persians in 490 b.c.
Erectheus:—The mythical founder of Attica; he was half man and half serpent.
THE PRONUNCIATION OF PROPER NAMES IN THIS SELECTION
[Transcriber's note: [+x) denotes a letter that has a dot above a macron above it.]
Al cin' o us (ăl sïn' [+o] ŭs)
Ap ei' ra (åp ī' ra)
Ap ei re' an (ăp ī rē' ăn)
A re' te (å rē' tē)
Ar' te mis (är' t[+e] mĭs)
A the' ne (å thē' nē)
Ca lyp' so (ka lĭp' sō)
Cir' ce (sûr' sē)
Cy' clops (sī' clŏps)
De' los (dē' lŏs)
Dy' mas (dī' mås)
E rech' theus ([+e] rĕk' thūs)
E ry man' thus (ār ĭ măn' thūs)
Eu rym e dou' sa (ū rĭm [+e] d[=oo]' så)
He phaes' tus (h[+e] fās' tŭs)
Le' to (lē' tō)
Mar' a thon (măr' å thŏn)
Nau sic' a ä (nô sĭk' [+a] å)
Nau sith' o us (nô sĭth' [+o] ŭs)
O dys' seus ([+o] dĭs' ūs)
O gyg' i a ([+o] jĭj' å)
Phae a' cia (f[+e] ā' shå)
Po sei' don (p[+o] sī' dŏn)
Scher' i a (skē' rĭ å)
Ta ÿg' e tus (tā ĭj' [+e] tŭs)