BOOK III The time covers about six years. It begins with events immediately following the fall of Troy, June, B.C. 1184. [140] 51:7. =Antandros.= A city on the southern side of Mount Ida, near Troy. [141] 51:19. =Lycurgus.= An early king of Thrace who stoutly opposed the introduction of the rites of Bacchus into his realm, was blinded and afterward destroyed by Jupiter. The present king was Polymnestor, who had married Priam’s daughter Ilione. [142] 51:24. =Æneadæ.= Literally, descendants of Æneas, translated by Conington in Book I, line 157, as “the family of Æneas.” Really used to mean the “household” of Æneas, or followers of Æneas, nation of Æneas. So Greek artists of the early time called themselves Dædalides, or followers of Dædalus. One is reminded of the tale of Jacob with his “household” meeting Esau with his “household.” Indeed, the Romans themselves were sometimes called Romulides, followers of Romulus. [143] 51:25. =Dione.= Mother of Venus. [144] 52:13. =Gradivus.= Mars, god of war, who decides the issue of all battles, and goes forth to war with giant strides. Gradivus is derived from a Latin word meaning to march, Mars was father of Romulus and Remus by Rhea Sylvia. [145] 53:11. =Manes.= The souls of the dead, also the spirit or shade of a single person. [146] 53:16. =Farewell call.= The cry _valē_, made three times at the funeral pyre as a final farewell to the dead. [147] 53:35. =Thymbra.= A city near Troy having a famous temple of Apollo. [148] 64:35. =Gnossus.= A common name for Crete, from one of its towns. [149] 55:4. =Idomeneus.= A king of Crete, leader of the Cretan forces against Troy. On his return to Crete, in accordance with a vow, he sacrificed his son to the gods. Because of the pestilence that followed this act, the Cretans banished Idomeneus. [150] 56:17. =Hesperia.= Land of the evening star, or western land, Italy. Also called Ausonia. [151] 56:25. =Corythus.= Legendary ancestor of the Trojans. [152] 56:26. =Dicte.= A mountain in the eastern part of Crete. [153] 57:32. =Celæno.= Queen of the Harpies, which were foul winged monsters described as daughters of Electra and Oceanus. [154] 57:33. =Phineus.= King of Salmydessus in Thrace. He put out the eyes of his son, and so was himself blinded by the gods, and the Harpies were sent to torment him by carrying off or defiling all his food. The house of Phineus was shut to the Harpies when they were driven off by the Argonauts. [155] 59:5. =Tables.= Not so dreadful a portent as it seemed. See page 153. [156] 59:18. =Zacynthos.= The island Zante. [157] 59:29. =Actium.= Actium is introduced here because of the epoch-making battle of Actium between Augustus and Antony, and the fact that Augustus, after the victory, initiated games there. [158] 60:5. =Phæacian.= The island Corfu. [159] 61:4. =Daughter.= Polyxene, sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles.