NOTE X.
'Ægina's gloomy surge'—L. 150.
Near this island, the Athenians obtained the victory of Salamis, over the Persian navy.
NOTE Y.
'Xerxes saw'—L. 160.
This circumstance is recorded in that passage, perhaps the most splendid among all the remains of ancient history, where Plutarch, in his Life of Themistocles, describes the sea-fights of Artemisium and Salamis.
NOTE Z.
'Thyrsus'—L. 204.
A staff, or spear, wreathed round with ivy: of constant use in the bacchanalian mysteries.