from AEschylus. They meant thereby to
show that one sole deity governed the world. To teach this truth,
statues were made of Jupiter which had three eyes. Priam had one in
the court of his palace, which, in sharing the booty of the war of
Troy, fell to the lot of Sthenelus, who carried it to
Greece.--DACIER.

15. So called because Jove protects those who implore his aid.

16. [Wrinkled--because the countenance of a man driven to prayer by a
consciousness of guilt is sorrowful and dejected. Lame--because it
is a remedy to which men recur late, and with reluctance. And
slant-eyed--either because, in that state of humiliation they
fear to lift their eyes to heaven, or are employed in taking a
retrospect of their past misconduct.

The whole allegory, considering _when_ and _where_ it was composed,
forms a very striking passage.]--TR.

17. [She had five brothers: Iphiclus, Polyphontes, Phanes, Eurypylus,
Plexippus.]--TR.

18: It was the custom for the murderer to go into banishment for one
year. But if the relations of the murdered person were willing, the
criminal, by paying a certain fine, might buy off the exile and
remain at home. Ajax sums up this argument with great strength: We
see, says he, a brother forgive the murder of his brother, a father
that of his son; but Achilles will not forgive the injury offered
him by taking away one captive woman.

19. The character of Achilles is well sustained in all his speeches.
To Ulysses he returns a flat denial, and threatens to leave the
Trojan shore in the morning. To Phoenix his answer is more gentle.
After Ajax has spoken, he seems determined not to depart, but yet
refuses to bear arms, except in defence of his own squadron.

Footnotes for Book X:
1. With slight alteration, Homer here repeats the verses that open the
2d Book, and ascribes to Agamemnon the same watchfulness over men
that Jupiter had over the gods.

2. Menelaus starts a design, which is afterwards proposed by Nestor in
council. The poet knew that the project would come with greater
weight from the age of the one than from the youth of the other,
and that the valiant would be ready to engage in the enterprise
suggested by so venerable a counsellor.

3. Agamemnon is uniformly represented as an example of brotherly
affection, and at all times defends Menelaus.

4. [{Sauroter}--seems to have been a hollow iron