[1] ἐκ τῆς νεκυίας,—Νεκυία—the title of the 11th Bk. of the Odyssey.
[2] The description of "Gulbeyaz," in Don Juan, canto v., here and there illustrates amusingly the scenes between Theagenes and Arsace.
"Her presence was as lofty as her state;
Her beauty of that overpowering kind,
Whose force description only would abate."—C. v. 97.
[3] See Book II.
——"she had recourse to nods, and signs.
And smiles, and sparkles of the speaking eye."—C. ii. 162.
[5] Κηρὐκειον, caduceus, the staff or mace carried by heralds and ambassadors in time of war.
[6] "She did so course o'er my exteriors with such a greedy intention that the appetite of her eye did seem to scorch me up like a burning glass."—Merry Wives of Windsor.
[7] Εἰρήνης αὑτὸς ἐyέvεro πρύτανις—literally, he became the president or manager, &c.