[3] The reference is not to Pope, but to Hegel.—Tr.
[4] Friedrich August Wolf (1759-1824), the well-known classical scholar, now chiefly remembered by his "Prolegomena ad Homerum."—Tr.
[5] Students who pass certain examinations need only serve one year in the German Army instead of the usual two or three—Tr.
[6] Otto Jahn (1813-69), who is probably best remembered in philological circles by his edition of Juvenal.—Tr.
[7] Gustav Freytag at one time a famous German novelist—Tr.
[8] A well-known anti-Wagnerian musical critic of Vienna.—Tr.
[10] Karl Ottfried Muller (1797-1840), classical archæologist, who devoted special attention to Greece—Tr.
[11] Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1784-1868), noted for his ultra-profound comments on Greek poetry—Tr.
[12] "We shall once again be shipwrecked." The omission is in the original—Tr.