[1] That is, through the signs of the zodiac: αστηρ differs from αστρον, the former signifying a single star, the latter many. [2] The preposition συν is omitted, as in Homer, Αυτηι κεν γαιηι ερυσαιμι. The same omission occurs in the Bacchæ, αυτηισιν ελαταις, and again in the Hippolytus. It is an Atticism. [3] See note on Hecuba, 478. [4] The word τουνομα must be supplied after τουτο, which is implied in the verb καλουσιν. [5] The ζαρος is a bird of prey of the vulture species. The sphinx was represented as having the face of a woman, the breast and feet of a lion, and the wings of a bird. [5a] Dindorf would omit this verse. [6] αραι and αρασθαι are often used by the poets in a good sense for prayers, ευχαι and ευχεσθαι for curses and imprecations. [7] διηρες ‛υπερωον, η κλιμαξ. HESYCHIUS. [8] Milton, Par. Regained, b. iii. l. 326. The field, all iron, cast a gleaming brown. [9] Lerna, a country of Argolis celebrated for a grove and a lake where the Danaides threw the heads of their murdered husbands. It was there also that Hercules killed the famous Hydra. [10] This alludes to the figure of Argus engraved on his shield. See verse 1130. [11] Tydeus married Deipyle, Polynices Argia, both daughters of Adrastus, king of Argos. [12] Some suppose ‛υστερωι ποδι to mean with their last steps, that is, with steps which are doomed never to return again to their own country. [13] Triæna was a place in Argolis, where Neptune stuck his trident in the ground, and immediately water sprung up. SCHOL. [14] Amymone was daughter of Danaus and Europa; she was employed, by order of her father, in supplying the city of Argos with water, in a great drought. Neptune saw her in this employment, and was enamored of her. He carried her away, and in the place where she stood he raised a fountain, which has been called Amymone. See Propert. ii. El. 20. v. 47. [15] αλληλας λεγουσιν is, _they say one of another_; αλληλαις λεγουσιν, _they say among themselves_. [16] By πεδιων ακαρπιστων is to be understood the sea. The construction πεδιων περιρρυτον Σικελιας, that is, ‛α Σικελιαν περιρρει. The same construction is found in Sophocles, Œd. Tyr. l. 885. δικας αφοβητος. L. 969. αφαυστος εγχους. See also Horace, Lib. iv. Od. 4. 43. Ceu flamma per tædas, vel Eurus Per Siculas equitavit undas. [17] The fire was on that head of Parnassus which was sacred to Apollo and Diana; to those below it appeared double, being divided to the eye by a pointed rock which rose before it. SCHOL. [18] The Python which Apollo slew. [19] Libya the daughter of Epaphus bore to Neptune Agenor and Belus. Cadmus was the son of Agenor, and Antiope the daughter of Belus. [19a] But Dind. εκφρωσ'. See his note. [20] The construction is, αμφιβαλλε μοι το των παρηϊδων σου ορεγμα: that is, _genarum ad oscula porrectionem_. It can not be translated literally. The verb αμφιβαλλε is to be supplied before ορεγμα, and before πλοκαμον. See Orestes, 950.