[441. the huntress Dian.] The powerful goddess Diana, or Artemis, twin sister of Apollo, was figured bearing a bow and arrows.
[448. wise Minerva.] Minerva, or Pallas Athene, is usually represented as wearing on her breast the ægis with a border of snakes and the Gorgon’s head in the centre.
[460-462.] Note the different modes in begin and turns, where we should look for similar constructions.
[487.] The ellipsis of we had is readily supplied. Draw and stand are infinitives.
[494. Thyrsis,] a stock shepherd-name. The spirit henceforth appears to his fellow-actors in the mask as the shepherd with whom they are familiar.
[495-512.] These lines express sudden emotion, and approximate lyric in character. Hence the rhyme.
[508. How chance she is not.] Supply the ellipsis.
[517. Chimeras] is here used vaguely in the plural to mean dangerous monsters.
[526. With many murmurs mixed.] The enchanter spoke or sang forms of incantation over his mixing and brewing. Recall Macbeth.
[529.] The word mintage has an interesting history. The human countenance is conceived as an imprint, like the characters on a coin.