ii
consentes,' mentioned before, in the note to Book i., l. 172. They
are thus enumerated in an Elegiac couplet, more consistent with
the rules of prosody than the two lines there quoted:--

'Vulcanus, Mars, Sol, Neptunus, Jupiter, Hermes,
Vesta, Diana, Ceres, Juno, Minerva, Venus.']

[Footnote 10: _To be springing forth._--Ver. 76-7. Clarke renders
'facit--e vulnere saxi Exsiluisse ferum,' 'she makes a wild horse
bounce out of the opening in the rock.']

[Footnote 11: _Pygmaean matron._--Ver. 90. According to AElian, the
name of this queen of the Pigmies was Gerane, while other writers
call her Pygas. She was worshipped by her subjects as a Goddess,
which raised her to such a degree of conceit, that she despised
the worship of the Deities, especially of Juno and Diana, on which
in their indignation, they changed her into a crane, the most
active enemy of the Pygmies. These people were dwarfs, living
either in India, Arabia, or Thrace, and they were said not to
exceed a cubit in height.]

[Footnote 12: _Antigone._--Ver. 93. She was the daughter of
Laomedon, king of Troy, and was remarkable for the extreme beauty
of her hair. Proud of this, she used to boast that she resembled
Juno; on which the Goddess, offended at her presumption, changed
her hair into serpents. In compassion, the Deities afterwards
transformed her into a stork.]

[Footnote 13: _Cinyras._--Ver. 98. Cinyras had several daughters
(besides Myrrha), remarkable for their extreme beauty. Growing
insolent upon the strength of their good looks, and pretending to
surpass even Juno herself in beauty, they incurred the resentment
of that Goddess, who changed them into the steps of a temple, and
transformed their father into a stone, as he was embracing the
steps.]

[Footnote 14: _Asterie._--Ver. 108. She was the daughter of Caeus,
the Titan, and of Phoebe, and was ravished by Jupiter under the
form of an eagle. She was the wife of Perses, and the mother of
Hecate. Flying from the wrath of Jupiter, she was first changed by
him into a quail; and afterwards into a stone.]

[Footnote 15: _Antiope._--Ver. 110. Antiope was the daughter of
Nycteus, a king of Boeotia. Being seduced by Jupiter under the form
of a Satyr, she bore two sons, Zethus and Amphion. On being
insulted by Dirce, she was seized with