[13] Because Pisistratus was born after
Antilochus
had sailed to Troy.
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[11] Antilochus was his brother.
[12] The son of Aurora, who slew Antilochus, was Memnon.
[13] Because Pisistratus was born after Antilochus had sailed to Troy.
[14] Proteus
[15] Seals, or sea-calves.
[16] From the abruptness of this beginning, Virgil, probably, who has
copied the story, took the hint of his admired exordium.
Nam quis te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras.
Egit adire domos.
[17] Son of Oileus.
[18] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? --generally signifies the founder of a feast; but we are
taught by Eustathius to understand by it, in this place, the persons
employed in preparing it.
[19] This transition from the third to the second person belongs to the
original, and is considered as a fine stroke of art in the poet, who
represents Penelope in the warmth of her resentment, forgetting where she
is, and addressing the suitors as if present.
[11] Antilochus was his brother.
[12] The son of Aurora, who slew Antilochus, was Memnon.
[13] Because Pisistratus was born after Antilochus had sailed to Troy.
[14] Proteus
[15] Seals, or sea-calves.
[16] From the abruptness of this beginning, Virgil, probably, who has
copied the story, took the hint of his admired exordium.
Nam quis te, juvenum confidentissime, nostras.
Egit adire domos.
[17] Son of Oileus.
[18] ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? --generally signifies the founder of a feast; but we are
taught by Eustathius to understand by it, in this place, the persons
employed in preparing it.
[19] This transition from the third to the second person belongs to the
original, and is considered as a fine stroke of art in the poet, who
represents Penelope in the warmth of her resentment, forgetting where she
is, and addressing the suitors as if present.
