[99:14.] Phaethon. The sun-god.
[99:23.] Talent. A weight, not coin, of silver or gold. The Attic silver talent was worth over $1000.
[103:2.] Feel that they are thought strong. The translation here is poor, the correct rendering being, “They can, because they think they can.” Virgil’s is a classical expression of the power of belief.
[103:12.] Portunus, a god of harbors, is here associated with the other divinities of the deep.
[103:24.] The royal boy. Ganymede, a favorite subject of art.
[106:38.] Amycus. A famous boxer of Bebrycii killed by Pollux.
[107:35.] Eryx. A Sicilian king, son of Venus; was killed by Hercules in a boxing contest.
[113:8.] Labyrinth in Crete. The Labyrinth, a maze built by Dædalus for King Minos at Gnossus in Crete to contain the Minotaur.
[113:25.] Solemn. Sacred festival, required each year.
[117:20.] Dis. Ruler of the underworld, variously called Orcus, Acheron, Erebus, Avernus. Dis, or Pluto, brother of Jupiter, is called Jupiter Stygius.