[4] The word τουνομα must be supplied after τουτο, which is implied in the verb καλουσιν.
[5] The ζαρος is a bird of prey of the vulture species. The sphinx was represented as having the face of a woman, the breast and feet of a lion, and the wings of a bird.
[5a] Dindorf would omit this verse.
[6] αραι and αρασθαι are often used by the poets in a good sense for prayers, ευχαι and ευχεσθαι for curses and imprecations.
[7] διηρες ‛υπερωον, η κλιμαξ. HESYCHIUS.
[8] Milton, Par. Regained, b. iii. l. 326.
The field, all iron, cast a gleaming brown.
[9] Lerna, a country of Argolis celebrated for a grove and a lake where the Danaides threw the heads of their murdered husbands. It was there also that Hercules killed the famous Hydra.
[10] This alludes to the figure of Argus engraved on his shield. See verse 1130.
[11] Tydeus married Deipyle, Polynices Argia, both daughters of Adrastus, king of Argos.