11. The pine was sacred to Poseidon. A wreath of pine was the award
of victory in the games (54).
23. DER GASTLICHE. Zeus, to whom hospitality was sacred.
61. PRYTANE, m. — en, prytanis, the chief magistrate.
82. BÜHNE, here used for the tiers of seats for the spectators.
Compare Schaugerüste, 95.
91. KEKROPS' STADT ==Athens. Kekrops, the legendary founder of the state of Athens. AULIS, a harbor in Boeotia.
92. PHOKIS, territory in Greece to the west of Boeotia.
103. RIESENMAß. Since the Greek actors wore buskins and a long mask, the gigantic stature of the chorus is in itself no indubitable proof of the supernatural origin of this chorus. Thus the spectators are unable to decide, whether they actually see the Eumenides or only a chorus impersonating them. This is the meaning of 145 and 146. This doubt yields to certainty as the action progresses (170 ff.).
117. sense beguiling, heart deluding.
118. ERINNYEN or Eumeniden. Eumenides, are the avenging goddesses of Greek mythology, the Furies.
150. weaves the dark entangled net of fate.