The clearness and simplicity of this exquisite pastoral make any explanatory notes superfluous. Regarding it, Wordsworth once said to Tennyson, "I have been endeavoring all my life to write a pastoral like your Dora and have not yet succeeded." OeNONE (Page 108) Most of this poem was written in 1830 while Tennyson was travelling in the Pyrenees Mountains with his friend, Arthur Henry Hallam. The descriptions of scenery belong, therefore, to that district, and not to the vicinity of ancient Troy. _Oenone_ was first published in 1832, but was afterward frequently revised; it appears here in the final form approved by Tennyson himself. [176] 1. =Ida= is a mountain in northwest Asia Minor near the site of Troy. [177] 2. =Ionian=; Grecian. [178] 10. Gargarus is the highest peak of Mount Ida. [179] 13. =Troas= is the district in northwest Asia Minor in which was located the city of Troy. [180] 13. =Ilion= was the Greek name for Troy. [181] 16. =Paris= was the son of Priam, king of Troy, and his wife Hecuba. [182] 37. =River-God=; Cebren, the god of a small river near Troas. [183] 40. =Rose slowly.= According to tradition, Neptune, the god of the sea, was the founder of Troy, but was assisted by Apollo, who raised the walls to the music of his lyre. [184] 51. =Simois=; a river having its source in Mount Ida. [185] 65. =Hesperian gold.= The apples of Hesperides were made of pure gold. They were given to Herè as a wedding present, and thereafter guarded night and day by a dragon. Hercules finally secured three of them through a stratagem. [186] 66. =Ambrosially.= Ambrosia was the food of the gods. [187] 72. =Oread.= The Oreads were nymphs who were supposed to guide travellers through dangerous places on the mountains. [188] 79. =Peleus=; a king of Phitia who married Thetis, a sea-nymph. To the wedding feast all the immortals were invited except Eris, goddess of discord. In revenge, she cast a golden apple on the banquet table before the gods and goddesses, with an inscription awarding it to the most beautiful among them. The strife which followed resulted in the choosing of Paris as judge in the matter. [189] 81. =Iris= was the messenger and attendant of Juno. She frequently appeared in the form of a rainbow. [190] 83. =Herè= (Roman Juno) was the wife and sister of Zeus (Roman Jupiter), and therefore Queen of Heaven. [191] 84. =Pallas= (Roman Minerva) was the goddess of wisdom. [192] 84. =Aphroditè= (Roman Venus) was the goddess of beauty and love. [193] 95. =Amaracus=; a fragrant flower. [194] 95. =Asphodel=; supposed to have been a variety of Narcissus. [195] 102. The =peacock= was a bird sacred to Herè. [196] 151. =Guerdon=; reward. [197] 170. =Idalian=; so-called from Idalium, a town in Cyprus sacred to Aphroditè. [198] 171. =Paphian=; a reference to Paphos in Cyprus where Aphroditè first set foot after her birth from sea foam. [199] 195. =Pard=; leopard.