147. 29. ARGOS, the capital of Argolis, in the Peloponnesus. PTÉLEON, Pteleum, an ancient town of Thessaly (Iliad ii, 697.) 30. MESSA, city and harbor of Laconia (Iliad ii, 582); Homer's epithet is "abounding in doves." 31. PÉLION, a mountain in Thessaly ; Homer (Iliad ii, 757) calls it "quivering with leaves."
148. 1. TITARÈSE, a river in Thessaly. Homer's epithet (Iliad ii, 751) is "lovely". 3. OLOOSSONE, a city in Thessaly, called "white" also by Homer (Iliad ii, 739). Camyre, no doubt Homer's Kameiros (Iliad ii, 656), which he calls "shining." It was situated on the island of Rhodes; Musset neglects the geographical fact in bringing it into connection with Oloossone.
149. 6. SON TERTRE VERT, St. Helena.
150. 13. LORSQUE LE PÉLICAN; this passage is one of the most famous of French poetry. Compare Ronsard's reference to the pelican, p. 8, 1. 19. With this view of the poet's lot and mission compare that expressed in les Montreurs of Leconte de Lisle, p. 199, and in l'Art of Gautier, p. 190. The fable of the pelican giving his blood to his young is current in the literature of the middle ages.
152. LA NUIT DE DÉCEMBRE. November, 1835. 18. ÉGLANTINE; a wild rose was one of the prizes given the victors in the poetical contests called the Jeux Floraux held at Toulouse; it symbolizes distinction in poetry.
153. 11. UN HAILLON DE OURPRE EN LAMBEAU symbolizes the power of youth wasted in debauchery. 12. MYRTE; the myrtle was sacred to Venus.
154. 10. PISE, Pisa. 14. BRIGUES, a small town in the Rhone valley in Switzerland, at the foot of the Simplon pass. 16. GÊNES, Genoa. 17. VEVAY, a town on Lake Geneva. 19. LIDO, an island between Venice and the sea, a favorite resort of the inhabitants of the city. Musset calls it affreux, because with it he associated his quarrel with George Sand.
159. STANCES À LA MALIBRAN. October, 1836. 11. MARIA FELICITÀ, daughter and pupil of Manuel Garcia, afterwards Madame Malibran, by which name she is remembered, was a remarkable singer (1808-1836).
24. PARTHÉNON: the Parthenon, completed in 438 B.C., was built under the direction of Phidias, who was also the sculptor of the colossal statue of Athena within the temple. The most famous work of Praxiteles Was the statue of Aphrodite of Cnidus, not extant, but represented in the Venus of the Capitol and the Venus de Medicis.
160. 26. CORILLA, a character in one of Rossini's operas. 27. ROSINA, heroine of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Seviglia (1816). 29. LE SAULE, the song of "The Willow" in Rossini's Otello (1816); cf. Shakspere's Othello, iv, 3.