[147]
[ It would seem as though Eurynome and Euryclea were the same person. See note 156]
[148]
[ It is plain, therefore, that Iris was commonly accepted as the messenger of the gods, though our authoress will never permit her to fetch or carry for any one.]
[149]
[ i.e. the doorway leading from the inner to the outer court.]
[150]
[See note 156]
[151]
[ These, I imagine, must have been in the open part of the inner courtyard, where the maids also stood, and threw the light of their torches into the covered cloister that ran all round it. The smoke would otherwise have been intolerable.]