Rhodope > (One of the highest mountain-ranges in Thrace, sacred to
Bacchus and named after the nymph Rhodope, who bore Neptune a
giant child (Met. 10.86 ff.). In Met. 6.87-9 Jupiter turns
Rhodope into a mountain as punishment for her excessive pride)
3 A giant babe herself for grief did kill; 4 Or the Thessalian Temp{e/}, where of yore
Temp{e/} > (A beautiful valley in northern Thessaly, between Mt Ossa and Mt Olympus; through it the River Peneus flows into the sea. One of the favourite haunts of Apollo) yore > old
5 Fair Daphne Phoebus' heart with love did gore;
Daphne > (Daughter of the river-god Peneus. Pursued by Apollo, she was on the point of being overtaken when she prayed for release and was metamorphosed into a laurel-tree. See Met. 1.452-567)
6 Or Ida, where the gods loved to repair
Ida > (A mountain-range in Asia Minor, scene of the rape of Ganymede and the judgement of Paris (see note at 207.55:5). In Homer, the summit of Ida is the vantage of the gods when they watch the battles in the plain of Troy) repair > go, betake themselves
7 Whenever they their heavenly bowers forlore;
bowers > chambers forlore > forsook, left
8 Or sweet Parnassus, the haunt of Muses fair;