those of the nuptial torches, and of the altars for sacrifice to
Hymenaeus and the other tutelary divinities of marriage.]

[Footnote 27: _Clots of blood._--Ver. 238. Clarke renders
'Sanguinis globos,' 'goblets of blood.']

[Footnote 28: _Double-limbed._--Ver. 240. Clarke translates,
'Ardescunt bimembres,' 'The double-limbed fellows are in a
flame.']

[Footnote 29: _Shattered cask._--Ver. 243. 'Cadi' were not only
earthenware vessels, in which wine was kept, but also the vessels
used for drawing water.]

[Footnote 30: _A chandelier._--Ver. 247. 'Funale' ordinarily
means, 'a link,' or 'torch,' made of fibrous substances twisted
together, and smeared with pitch or wax. In this instance the word
seems to mean a chandelier with several branches.]

[Footnote 31: _A votive stag._--Ver. 267. It appears that the
horns of a stag were frequently offered as a votive gift to the
Deities, especially to Diana, the patroness of the chase. Thus in
the seventh Eclogue of Virgil, Mycon vows to present to Diana,
'Vivacis cornua cervi,' 'The horns of a long-lived stag.']

[Footnote 32: _Cheeks covered._--Ver. 291. 'Prima tectus lanugine
malas,' is not very elegantly rendered by Clarke, 'Having his
chaps covered with down, then first putting out.']

[Footnote 33: _Nessus._--Ver. 309. We have already seen how Nessus
the Centaur met his death from the arrow of Hercules, when about
to offer violence to Deianira.]

[Footnote 34: _A wound in front._--Ver. 312. It has been suggested
that, perhaps Ovid here had in his mind the story of one
Pomponius, of whom Quintilian relates, that, having received a
wound in his face, he was showing it to Caesar, on which he was
advised by the latter never to look behind him when he was running
away.]

[Footnote 35: _Strap of his lance._--Ver. 321. The 'amentum' was
the thong, or strap of leather, with which the lance, or javelin,
was fastened, in order to draw it back when thrown.]

[Footnote 36: _Not used to bear._--Ver. 346. He alludes to the
twofold nature, or 'horse-part' of the Centaur, as Clarke calls
it.]

[Footnote 37: _The Dolopians._--Ver. 364. They were a people of
Phthiotis and Thessaly.]

[Footnote 38: _Pierces two breasts._--Ver. 377. He says this by
poetical license, in allusion to the two-fold form of the
Centaurs.]