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[ Of the fleece.—Ver. 354. See the Art of Love, Book iii. 1. 213, and the Note. Surely Swift must have borrowed his notion of describing Chloe's dressing-room from these passages. See the Art of Love, Book i. 1. 339, and the Note.]
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[ Smell like thy tables.—Ver. 355. He alludes to the defilement of the tables of Phineus by the filthy Harpies.]
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[ From him, Zoilus.—Ver. 366. It was unknown of what parentage and country Zoilus was. He compiled a work in dispraise of Homer, and was called by the ancients, 'Horaeromastix,' 'the scourge of Homer.' Zoilus was ultimately accused of parricide, and crucified.]