Oxon. 1724, p. 58.]
Translations from Æschylus.—Whose translation of the tragedies of Æschylus is that which accompanies Flaxman's compositions from the same? I ought to state that there is merely a line or two under each plate, to explain the subject of each composition, and that my copy is the unreduced size.
H.
Kingston-on-Thames.
[The lines are taken from N. Potter's translation of the Tragedies of Æschylus, 4to., 1777.]
Prince Memnon's Sister.—Who was Prince Memnon's sister, alluded to by Milton in Il Penseroso?
J. W. T.
Dewsbury.
[Dunster has the following note on this line:—"Prince Memnon's sister; that is, an Ethiopian princess, or sable beauty. Memnon, king of Ethiopia, being an auxiliary of the Trojans, was slain by Achilles. (See Virg. Æn. I. 489., 'Nigri Memnonis arma.') It does not, however, appear that Memnon had any sister. Tithonus, according to Hesiod, had by Aurora only two sons, Memnon and Emathion, Theog. 984. This lady is a creation of the poet.">[
"Oh! for a blast," &c.—Who was the author of the couplet—