1 Goddess of Memory and mother of the Muses.
2 Pallas Athena.
3 Waters of oblivion and forgetfulness.
4 Tiresins. See Milton's Sixth Elegy, line 68.
5 Hermes (Mercury).
6 Perhaps the legendary Phoenician sage, Sanchuniathon.
7 A legendary Assyrian king. Belus is the Assyrian god Bel.
7 Hermes Trismegistus, author of Neo-Platonic works must esteemed.
8 Plato.
To My Father.