[690] As distinguished from geography. See b. i. c. i. § 16, [note1]
[691] The author of a work in several books on Eubœa. Athenæus, b. vi. c. 18.
[692] The unshorn.
[693] From Acarnan, son of Alcmæon. Thucyd. b. ii. c. 102. But the hero from whom the Curetes obtained their name is not mentioned.
[694] The position of this mountain is not determined.
[695] Œneus and his children were themselves Porthaonidæ. Œneus had possession only of Calydon, his brother Agrius and his children had a part of Pleuronia. Thestius, cousin-german of Œneus and of Agrius, received as his portion the remainder of Pleuronia and transmitted it to his children, (the Thestiadæ,) who probably succeeded in gaining possession of the whole country. The Porthaonidæ of the branch of Agrius, were Thersites, Onchestus, Prothous, Celeulor, Lycopeüs, and Melanippus. Apollodorus, b. i. c. 7, 8.
[696] Il. xiv. 117.
[697] Il. ix. 544.
[698] Il. ix. 525.
[699] “Cette digression est curieuse, sans doute * * * * Plusieurs critiques ont fait de ce morceau l’objet de leur étude; néanmoins il demeure hérissé de difficultés, et dernièrement M. Heyne (quel juge!) a prononcé que tout y restait à éclaircir.” Du Theil.