[15.] Helicon.]—Ver. 219. This was a mountain of Bœotia, sacred to the Virgin Muses.
[16.] Hæmus.—Ver. 219. This, which is now called the Balkan range, was a lofty chain of mountains running through Thrace. Orpheus, the son of Œagrus and Calliope, was there torn in pieces by the Mænades, or Bacchanalian women, whence the mountain obtained the epithet of ‘Œagrian.’
[17.] Ætna.]—Ver. 220. This is the volcanic mountain of Sicily; the flames caused by the fall of Phaëton, added to its own, caused them to be redoubled.
[18.] Eryx.]—Ver. 221. This was a mountain of Sicily, now called San Juliano. On it, a magnificent temple was erected, in honor of Venus.
[19.] Cynthus.]—Ver. 221. This was a mountain of Delos, on which Apollo and Diana were said to have been born.
[20.] Rhodope.]—Ver. 222. It was a high mountain, capped with perpetual snows, in the northern part of Thrace.
[21.] Mimas.]—Ver. 222. A mountain of Ionia, near the Ionian Sea. It was of very great height; whence Homer calls it ὑψίκρημνος.
[22.] Dindyma.]—Ver. 223. This was a mountain of Phrygia, near Troy, sacred to Cybele, the mother of the Gods.
[23.] Mycale.]—Ver. 223. A mountain of Caria, opposite to the Isle of Samos.
[24.] Cithæron.]—Ver. 223. This was a mountain of Bœotia, famous for the orgies of Bacchus, there celebrated. In its neighborhood, Pentheus was torn to pieces by the Mænades, for slighting the worship of Bacchus.