[200] 220. =The Abominable=; Eris, the goddess already referred to. [201] 257. =The Greek woman=; Helen, wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. She was the wife promised to Paris by Aphroditè as his reward for his decision. Paris stole her from her husband through the direction of Aphroditè, and carried her back to Troy. As a result of this act, the Greeks, under Menelaus and his brother Agamemnon, joined in an attack on Troy which ended, after ten years, in the capture of that city. In the course of the siege Paris was killed. [202] 259. =Cassandra=; the daughter of Priam, and hence the sister of Paris. She was condemned by Apollo to utter prophesies which, though true, would never be believed. The conclusion of the story of Oenone and Paris may be read in Tennyson's own _Death of Oenone_ or in William Morris's _Death of Paris_. ENOCH ARDEN (Page 117) This poem was written in 1862, its actual composition taking only two weeks, although the poet had been considering the theme for some time. It was first printed in 1864 and became popular at once, sixty thousand copies being sold in a very short period. [203] 7. =Danish barrows= are burial mounds supposed to have been left by the early Danish invaders of England. [204] 18. The =fluke= is the part of the anchor which fastens in the ground. [205] 36. =Wife to both.= This line is a prophecy of future events in the story. [206] 94. =Osier.= The reference is to baskets made of osier, a kind of willow. [207] 98. The =lion-whelp= was evidently a heraldic device over the gateway to the hall. [208] 99. =Peacock-yewtree=; a yewtree cut, after the fashion of the old landscape gardeners, into the shape of a peacock. [209] 213. =Look on yours.= This is another prophetic line. [210] 326. =Garth=; a yard or garden. [211] 337. =Conies=; rabbits. [212] 370. =Just ... begun=; notice here the repetition of line 67: each of the two lines introduces a crisis in the life of Philip. Several other such repetitions may be found in the poem. [213] 494. =Under the palm-tree=; found in _Judges_ iv. 5. [214] 525. The =Bay of Biscay= is off the west coast of France and north of Spain. [215] 527. =Summer of the world=; the equator. [216] 563. =Stem=; the trunk of a tree. [217] 573. =Convolvuluses=; plants with twining stems. [218] 575. =The broad belt of the world.= The ancients considered the ocean to be a body of water completely surrounding the land. [219] 633. This description may be compared with that of Ben Gunn in Stevenson's _Treasure Island_. [220] 671. A =holt= is a piece of woodland. [221] 671. A =tilth= is a name for land which is tilled. [222] 728. =Latest=; last. [223] 733. =Shingle=; coarse gravel or small stones. [224] 747. =Creasy=; full of creases. THE REVENGE (Page 146) Published first in the _Nineteenth Century_, March, 1878. Reprinted in _Ballads, and other Poems_, 1880.