reus. From his skill in physical science, the former was
said to be able to see into the interior of the earth.]

[Footnote 34: _Caeneus._--Ver. 305. This person was originally a
female, by name Caenis. At her request, she was changed by Neptune
into a man, and was made invulnerable. Her story is related at
length in the 12th book of the Metamorphoses.]

[Footnote 35: _Leucippus._--Ver. 306. He was the son of Perieres,
and the brother of Aphareus. His daughters were Elaira, or Ilaira,
and Phoebe, whom Castor and Pollux attempted to carry off.]

[Footnote 36: _Acastus._--Ver. 306. He was the son of Pelias, king
of Thessaly.]

[Footnote 37: _Hippothoues._--Ver. 307. According to Hyginus,
he was the son of Geryon, or rather, according to Pausanias,
of Cercyon.]

[Footnote 38: _Dryas._--Ver. 307. The son of Mars, or, according
to some writers, of Iapetus.]

[Footnote 39: _Phoenix._--Ver. 307. He was the son of Amyntor.
Having engaged in an intrigue, by the contrivance of his mother,
with his father's mistress, he fled to the court of Peleus, king
of Thessaly, who entrusted to him the education of Achilles, and
the command of the Dolopians. He attended his pupil to the Trojan
war, and became blind in his latter years.]

[Footnote 40: _Two sons of Actor._--Ver. 308. These were Eurytus
and Cteatus, the sons of Actor, of Elis. They were afterwards
slain by Hercules.]

[Footnote 41: _Phyleus._--Ver. 308. He was the son of Augeas, king
of Elis, whose stables were cleansed by Hercules.]

[Footnote 42: _Telamon._--Ver. 309. He was the son of AEacus. Ajax
Telamon was his son.]

[Footnote 43: _Great Achilles._--Ver. 309. His father was Peleus,
the brother of Ajax, and the son of AEacus and AEgina. Peleus was
famed for his chastity.]

[Footnote 44: _The son of Pheres._--Ver. 310. This was Admetus,
the son of Pheres, of Pherae, in Thessaly.]

[Footnote 45: _Hyantian Iolaues._--Ver. 310. Iolaues, the Boeotian,
the son of Iphiclus, aided Hercules in slaying the Hydra.]

[Footnote 46: _Eurytion._--Ver. 311. He was the son of Irus, and
attended the Argonautic expedition.]

[Footnote 47: _Echion._--Ver. 311. He was an Arcadian, the son of
Mercury and the Nymph Antianira, and was famous for his speed.]

[Footnote 48: _Narycian Lelex._--Ver. 312. So called from Naryx,