NOTES TO BOOK TEN
[I.] Olympus was a mountain in Thessaly, and was believed by the Greeks to be the home of the gods. Hence it came to be used for 'heaven'; as in the present passage.
[II.] Jupiter is referring to the invasion of Italy by Hannibal in 218 B.C.
[IV.] Diomedes, the son of Tydeus from Aetolia, is said to have settled, after the Trojan war, in Apulia, where he founded the city of Arpi. The Latins, it will be remembered, had asked him to help them against the Trojans. See [Book VIII. stanza ii.] And for the result of the embassy, [Book XI. stanza xxxi.] and following.
[VI.] For the burning of the vessels at Eryx, see [Book V. stanzas lxxxii.] and following. For Aeolia [Book I. stanzas viii. to xx.] For Alecto [Book VII. stanzas xliv.] and following.