[ [298] 206. The Dryads were wood-nymphs who were supposed to watch over vegetation.
[ [299] 208. Adonis' bane; the wild boar. Adonis was a beautiful youth who was passionately loved by Venus, though he did not return her affection. He was mortally wounded at a hunt by a wild boar, and died in the arms of the goddess.
[ [300] 211. Argive; Grecian.
[ [301] 224. Must; the juice of the grape before fermentation.
[ [302] 353. Argos; a city in Argolis, a province in the northeast part of the Peloponnesian peninsula in Greece.
[ [303] 373. Queen Venus. It was to Venus, the goddess of love, that unhappy lovers were accustomed to turn for aid.
[ [304] 391. Holpen; the old past participle of the word help.
[ [305] 516. Damascus; the chief city of Syria.
[ [306] 535. Saturn (Cronus or Time) was the father of Jupiter. Under his rule came the so-called Golden Age of the world.
[ [307] 671. Phœnician. The Phœnicians lived on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and were famous for their commerce and trade.