TRACHINIAN MAIDENS.
[P. 180, l. 104.] Bride of battle-wooing. ‘Dêanira’ signifies ‘Cause of strife to heroes.’
[P. 185, l. 303.] Ne’er may I see thee. The Spartan captives from Pylos had lately been at Athens, and some of them were reputed descendants of Hyllus, the son of Dêanira.
[P. 195, l. 654.] Frees him for ever. His last contest brings his final deliverance.
[P. 201, l. 860.] From Love’s dread minister, i.e. from Aphrodite, working through the concealed and silent Iole.
[page 316]PHILOCTETES.
[P. 222, l. 194.] Through Chrysa’s cruel sting. Chrysa was an island near the Troad, sacred to a goddess of the name. Her precinct was guarded by a serpent, whose bite, from which Philoctetes suffered, was incurable. See below [p. 254, l. 1327.]
[P. 226, l. 344.] The fosterer of my sire. Phoenix, the tutor of Achilles.
[P. 227, l. 351.] For I ne’er | Had seen him. The legend which makes Achilles go to Troy from Scyros is probably ignored.
[l. 384.] Vile offset of an evil tree. Alluding to the supposed birth of Odysseus. See on Ai., [l. 190, p. 49.]