[17] Chaucer.
[18] Κίρκος (whence Κίρκη) is given as both hawk and wolf in L. & S. It is most likely from a root krik, meaning to make a grating sound, and therefore probably applied originally to the bird (cf. our nightjar). The Latin quercus seems to be from the same root—from its rustling? We may compare Circe with Charôn, which means “an eagle.”
[19] From σχερός.
[20] Od. vi. 204, sqq.
[21] “Earthly Paradise.”
[22] Od. viii. 562.
[23] Justin Martyr identifies the gardens of Alcinoüs with Paradise. “Cohort. ad Græc.” xxix.
[24] Od. xiii. 79, 88.
[25] “Rheinisches Museum für Philologie,” vol. i. N.S. p. 219. Die Homerische Phäaken.
[26] Hermödr (heer-muth, kriegsmuth) was originally one of the names of Odin, and therefore originally the wind. We easily see the connection between the rushing wind, and the battle’s rage. Hermes is likewise the wind, and means “the rusher” (ὁρμάω, and cf. Sârameyas of the Vedas).