[XXXIII.] The references in this stanza are (1) to the storm which Minerva (Pallas) raised when the Greeks set sail from Troy. (2) To the story of Nauplius, king of Euboea, who hung false lights over the headland of Caphareus, and so caused the wreck of the Greek fleet.
[XXXIV.] 'Proteus' Pillars' means Egypt, and the stories of Menelaus, as also the adventures of Ulysses with the Cyclops, will be found in the Odyssey. For Pyrrhus see note on [Book III. stanza xliii.] For Idomeneus, that on [Book III. stanza xvii.] Agamemnon was killed by his wife and her lover, when he returned home at the end of the Trojan war.
[XXXV.] Calydon was the ancient home of Diomedes in Aetolia.
[LII.] The Myrmidons were the followers of Achilles—Tydides is Diomedes. The Aufidus is a river of Apulia.
[LXIX.] Opis was a nymph of Diana (Latonia).