[74:8.] Dawn-goddess. Aurora, with Phœbus’ torch. Apollo is constantly identified with the sun-god.
[75:3.] Erebus. God of darkness, son of Chaos and brother of Night. Synonymous with darkness, especially that of the underworld.
[76:5.] Lyæus. Bacchus. As the god that makes men unbend and frees them from care, he is called Father Lyæus.
[78:9.] Hymen. God of marriage.
[79:24.] Fame. Cf. Bacon, Fragment of an Essay of Fame. “The poets make Fame a monster. They describe her in part finely and elegantly, and in part gravely and sententiously. They say, look how many feathers she hath, so many eyes she hath underneath; so many tongues; so many voices; she pricks up so many ears. This is a flourish; there follow excellent parables; as that she gathereth strength in going; that she goeth upon the ground, and yet hideth her head in the clouds, that in the day-time she sitteth in a watch-tower, and flieth most by night; that she mingleth things done with things not yet done, and that she is a terror to great cities.”
[79:31.] Cœus. One of the Titans; was father of Latona.
[80:34.] Mæonian cap. Mæonia, part of Lydia, Asia Minor. Since Lydia and Phrygia were adjacent, Mæonian = Phrygian = Trojan.
[81:15.] The laws. Rome, the world’s lawgiver.
[83:18.] Mænad. Mænads, or Bacchantes, women worshipping Bacchus in wild and orgiastic fashion in the woods or on mountain slopes of Cithæron.
[84:19.] Elissa. Dido.