[466.] Remember all thy valour. That is, summon up all your courage.
[469.] girl's wiles. Explain the line.
[470.] kindled. Roused, angered.
[481.] unnatural. because of the kinship of the combatants.
481-486. for a cloud, etc. A distinctly Homeric imitation. Cf. the cloud that enveloped Paris—Book III., ll. 465-469, of the Iliad.
[489.] And the sun sparkled, etc. Why this reference to the clear Oxus stream at this moment of intense tragedy?
[495.] helm. Helmet; defensive armor for the head.
[497.] shore. Past tense of shear, to cut.
[499.] bow'd his head: because of the force of the blow.
[508. ]curdled. Thickened as with fear.