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NOTES
SOME PROPER NAMES
- AIDONEUS, Hades or Pluto.
- ARES, The War-God, a destructive Power.
- DEO, Demeter.
- ERINYES, the Furies.
- HELIOS, The Sun-God.
- RHEA, the Mother of the Gods.
- THEBE, the town of Thebes personified.
ANTIGONE.
[P. 6, l. 126.] The serpent. The dragon, the emblem of Thebes.
[l. 130.] Idly caparisoned. Reading υπεροπλιαις.
[P. 7, l. 140.] Self-harnessed helper. An allusion to the σειραφορος, or side trace-horse, in a chariot-race.
[P. 13, l. 342.] Children of the steed. Mules are so-called by Homer.