Note X.
Their crooked horns the Mimallonian crew
With blasts inspired.—P. [214].
Other verses of Nero, that were mere bombast. I only note, that the repetition of these and the former verses of Nero, might justly give the poet a caution to conceal his name.
Note XI.
Mænas and Atys.—P. [214].
Poems on the Mænades, who were priestesses of Bacchus; and of Atys, who made himself an eunuch to attend on the sacrifices of Cybele, called Berecynthia by the poets. She was mother of the gods.
Note XII.
Two painted serpents shall on high appear.—P. [215].
Two snakes, twined with each other, were painted on the walls, by the ancients, to show the place was holy.