13
Prometheus, or The Poet's Forethought. See Commentary.
14
Compare Byron's political satire, The Age of Bronze.
15
Oracles, see §§ 24, 30, and Commentary.
16
Consult, in general, corresponding sections of the Commentary.
17
Symbolized on earth by Mount Olympus in Thessaly.
18
Cowper's translation.
19
See Commentary, § 23, for Gladstone's latest utterance on the number of the Olympians.
20
The names included in parentheses represent the Greek, the others being Roman equivalents, Latin names, or names common to both Greek and Roman usage.
21
See Commentary, § 34.
22
On the Latin name, see Commentary, § 24.
23
Iliad, I, 622-625, Earl of Derby's translation. See also the passage in Chapman's translation.
24
On the name Juno, see Commentary.
25
For the names Athene and Minerva, see Commentary.
26
See Commentary.
27
Iliad, 5, 590. See also 21, 395.
28
Iliad, 18, 395.
29
Iliad, 1, 390.
30
On the birth of Apollo, his adventures, names, festivals, oracles, and his place in literature and art, see Commentary. For other particulars, see sections on Myths of Apollo.
31
From Cynthia's Revels.
32
Iliad, 5, 370, etc.
33
A popular etymology.
34
For Venus in poetry and art, see Commentary.
35
From the Venus of Milo, by E. R. Sill, formerly professor of English Literature in the University of California.
36
The references are to the Berkeley Hills, the Bay of San Francisco, and the glimpses of the Pacific.
37
Lang, Odyssey, 24, 1; adapted.