—MARLOWE AND NASH, _Dido_. [71] 10:11. =Assaracus.= A Trojan king of Phrygia; he was grandfather of Anchises, hence the expression “house of Assaracus” means the descendants of Æneas. And as the Julian clan was thought to be derived from Iulus, Æneas’ son, this included Julius Cæsar and his adopted son Augustus. [72] 10:11. =Phthia.= A city and district in Thessaly, Greece, over which, it is said, Achilles ruled. [73] 10:12. =Mycenæ.= A famous city ruled by Agamemnon, in the Morea (southern Greece). [74] 10:12. =Argos.= A city of Argolis, in the Peloponnesus. One of Juno’s favorite cities. So fate wills that the descendants of the Trojans shall take vengeance for the destruction of Troy on the descendants of the great Greek leaders. [75] 10:15. =Stars.= “He shall ascend The throne hereditary, and bound his reign With Earth’s wide bounds, his glory with the heavens.” —MILTON, _Paradise Lost_. [76] 10:19. =War.= “All loved virtue, no man was affray’d Of force, ne fraud in wight was to be found: No warre was known, no dreadfull trompets sound; Peace universall rayn’d mongst men and beasts.” —SPENSER, _Faerie Queene_. “No war, or battle’s sound Was heard the world around; The idle spear and shield were high up hung; The hookèd chariot stood, Unstained with hostile blood; The trumpet spake not to the armèd throng, And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.” —MILTON, _Hymn on Nativity_. [77] 10:20. =Vesta.= Goddess of the hearth. [78] 10:20. =Quirinus.= Name given to Romulus after he was translated from earth to heaven. Romulus, the legendary founder of Rome. Cicero tells us that after his translation, Romulus appeared on the Quirinal Hill and stated that his name as god was Quirinus, and gave instructions that a temple should be erected to him on that hill—hence the name of the hill and the palace, once home of the popes, now of the monarchs of Italy. [79] 10:26. =Son of Maia.= Mercury, swift-winged messenger of the gods. “The Sonne of Maia, soone as he receiv’d That word, streight with his azure wings he cleav’d The liquid clowdes, and lucid firmament; Ne staid, till that he came with steep descent Unto the place where his prescript did showe.” —SPENSER, _Mother Hubbard’s Tale_. [80] 10:28. =Dido.= Daughter of Belus, king of Tyre; widow of Sychæus. According to story, she led the Phœnician colony to Carthage. [81] 10:33. =Punic.= Carthaginian. So the three Punic wars of Rome against Carthage. [82] 11:17. =Ho.= “Ho, young men! saw you, as you came, Any of all my sisters wandering here, Having a quiver girded to her side, And clothed in a spotted leopard’s skin?” —MARLOWE AND NASH, _Dido_. [83] 11:26. =Goddess.=