of Apollo or 'Pythia,' sat when inspired, was called
'Cortina,' from the skin, 'corium,' of the serpent Python, which,
when it had been killed by Apollo was used to cover it.]

[Footnote 62: _Epidaurus._--Ver. 643. There were several towns of
this name. The one here mentioned was in the state of Argolis.]

[Footnote 63: _Polished steps._--Ver. 685. Clarke translates
'Gradibus nitidis,' 'the neat steps.']

[Footnote 64: _Is conspicuous aloft._--Ver. 697. 'Deus eminet
alte.' This is rendered by Clarke, 'The God rears up to a good
height.']

[Footnote 65: _Scylacean._--Ver. 702. Scylace was a town on the
Calabrian coast; it was said to have been founded by an Athenian
colony.]

[Footnote 66: _Amphissian._--Ver. 703. Amphissia was the name of a
city of Locris; but that cannot be the place here alluded to on
the coast of Italy. It is most probably a corrupt reading.]

[Footnote 67: _Caulon._--Ver. 705. Caulon was a colony of the
Achaea on the coast of Calabria. Narycia, or Naritium, or Naricia,
was also a town on the Calabrian coast. The localities of Ceraunia
and Romechium are not known.]

[Footnote 68: _Leucosia._--Ver. 708. Leucosia was a little island
off the town of Paestum, which was in Lucania; it was famous for
its mild climate, and the beauty of its roses, which are
celebrated by Virgil.]

[Footnote 69: _Capreae._--Ver. 709. Capreae was an island near the
coast of Naples.]

[Footnote 70: _Surrentine._--Ver. 710. Surrentum was a city of
Campania, famed for its wines.]

[Footnote 71: _City of Hercules._--Ver. 711. This was Herculaneum,
at the foot of Vesuvius; the place which shared so disastrous a
fate from the eruption of that mountain.]

[Footnote 72: _Stabiae._--Ver. 711. This was a town of Campania,
which was destroyed by Sylla in the Social war. It was afterwards
rebuilt.]

[Footnote 73: _The warm springs._--Ver. 711. He alludes to the
city of Baiae, famed for its warm springs and baths.]

[Footnote 74: _Linternum._--Ver. 714. This place was in Campania.
It was famous as the place of retirement of the elder Scipio; he
was buried there.]

[Footnote 75: _Vulturnus._--Ver. 715. This was a river of
Campania, which flowed past the city of Capua.]

[Footnote 76: _Snow-white snakes._--Ver. 715. Sinuessa was a town
of Campania; Heinsiu