[LXXXVI.] 'The Kid-star.' The 'kids' are two little stars which first rise in the evening towards the end of September, during the equinoctial gales.
[LXXXVII.] The Athesis is the modern Adige. The Padus is the Po.
[LXXXIX.] Sarpedon was a Lycian prince who had fought for the Trojans at Troy and been slain by Patroclus. 'Theban' here refers to the town of Thebe in Cilicia, mentioned by Homer.
[XCI.] Baiae was a favourite seaside resort of the rich Romans on the bay of Naples.
Prochyta and Arime were two rocky islands close to the bay of Naples.
Typhoeus was a hundred-headed monster slain by Jupiter and buried under Prochyta and Arime.