LXXVII. 'Mute Amyclae' was probably so called because the inhabitants had been forbidden, owing to false alarms, to speak of the approach of an enemy. But if Virgil is referring, not to the Amyclae near Naples, but to the original Amyclae in Laconia, then the proverbial taciturnity of those inhabiting the latter country offers sufficient explanation. _Aegeon_ was a monster with 100 arms and 50 heads. He is more often called Briareus. LXXIX. In the _Iliad_ Aeneas had been rescued from Diomedes and Achilles. Liger is taunting him with this. NOTES TO BOOK ELEVEN XXXI. _Iapygia_, a Greek name for the southern part of Apulia. _Garganus:_ name of a mountain in Apulia. See also note on Book X. stanza iv. 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). LXXXIV. Virgil is comparing Camilla to the two famous Amazons, Hippolyte who was married to Theseus, and Penthesilea who fought for Troy and was slain by Achilles. CVIII. [Transcriber's note: The rhyme, the meter, and the sense of the phrase require a word here that is missing from the published text. Possibly "flight" or "sight" was intended by the translator.] NOTES TO BOOK TWELVE XI. Orithyia was the wife of Boreas the North Wind, who according to legend was the father of the royal horses of Troy. XXV. The two children of Latona were Apollo and Diana. XXIX. Camers was king of Amyclae. See note on Book X. stanza lxxvii. XLV. The story of Dolon is taken from the _Iliad_. He offered to spy upon the movements of the Greeks if Hector would give him the chariot and horses of Achilles. He was however captured and slain by Diomedes (Tydides). LII. 'Paeon': a name used of Apollo as the Healer. LXIX. 'Cupencus' was the name given by the Sabines to the priests of Hercules. XCI. _Athos:_ the mountain at the extreme end of the peninsula between Thrace and Thessaly. Mount Eryx is in the north-west of Sicily. XCIII. _Taburnus:_ a mountain in Samnium. _Sila:_ a range of mountains in the extreme south of Italy. RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK.