[541]. Probably an allusion to the silver-mine at Laureion, which about the time formed a large element of the revenues of Athens, and of which a tithe was consecrated to Athena.
[542]. Reference is made to another local sanctuary, the temple on the Areopagos dedicated to the Olympian Zeus.
[543]. The figure of Athena, as identical with Victory, and so the tutelary Goddess of Athens, was sculptured with out-spread wings.
[544]. Cranaos, the son of Kecrops, the mythical founder of Athens.
[545]. The sanctuaries of the Eumenides were crypt-like chapels, where they were worshipped by the light of lamps or torches.
[546]. Perhaps, “Children of Night, yourselves all childless left.”
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Aphrodite loquitur
The pure, bright heaven still yearns to blend with earth,