[2862] Livy xxxviii. c. 3.
[2863] Virg. Æn. iii. 280.
[2864] Descendants of the seven chiefs who fought and perished before Thebes.
[2865] These nations are mentioned by other authors; they were probably separated by the numerous mountain ridges to the west of Pindus. See below, § 9. But compare D’Anville and the Austrian military map.
[2866] Alcomenæ.
[2867] Styberra, Polyb.; Stubera, Liv.; Stobera, Suid.
[2868] Iliad, book xvi. 233.
[2869] ὑποφῆται.
[2870] τομοῦροι.
[2871] Odys. xvi. 403.