6. ille. See the note on Perseus, 4, 4.

8. Acrisí. In Nepos, Caesar, Cicero, and Vergil, the genitive singular of second-declension nouns in -ius and -ium ends in í, not ; but the nominative plural ends in , and the dative and ablative plural in iís.

10. istud. Remember that iste is commonly used of something connected with the person addressed. Here the meaning may be 'that oracle I told you of.' See 3, 4.

12. Lárísam. See the note on 3, 12.

neque enim, 'for … not,' as if simply nón enim, but Latin uses neque to connect the clauses.

14. in omnís partís, 'in all directions' or 'in every direction.'

15. Multí. See the note on omnium, 5, 6.

17. discórum. The discus was a round, flat piece of stone or metal, and the athletes tried to see who could throw it farthest.

18. cású. This is one of the ablatives of manner that do not take cum.

19. stábat. Notice the tense.