[VI.] The story was that Acestes was the son of the Sicilian river-god Crimisus and Egesta, a Trojan maiden.
[XI.] The myrtle was sacred to Venus. Helymus was the supposed founder of the Elymi, a Sicilian tribe. He was a Trojan who had migrated to Sicily from Troy.
[XVI.-XVII.] The gens Memmia and the gens Sergia were two distinguished Roman families who traced their descent from Trojans. The only member of the family of Cluentius we know much about is the disreputable person on whose behalf Cicero made a well-known speech.
[XXVI.] Cape Malea is the most southerly point of Laconia in the Peloponnesus, renowned for its storms.
[XXXII.] Panopea was one of the Nereids or sea-nymphs. Portunus was an ancient Roman sea-god. Originally he was, as his name implies, a god of harbourage.