_ The Amazons were a warlike race of women of
whom many
traditions
exist.
Keats
12, note.
l. 19. _realmless eyes._ The tragedy of his fall is felt in every
feature.
ll. 20, 21. _Earth, His ancient mother._ Tellus. See Introduction, p.
244.
PAGE 147. l. 27. _Amazon.
_ The Amazons were a warlike race of women of
whom many
traditions
exist.
On the frieze of the Mausoleum (British
Museum) they are seen warring with the Centaurs.
l. 30. _Ixion's wheel._ For insolence to Jove, Ixion was tied to an
ever-revolving wheel in Hell.
l. 31. _Memphian sphinx._ Memphis was a town in Egypt near to which the
pyramids were built. A sphinx is a great stone image with human head and
breast and the body of a lion.
PAGE 148. ll. 60-3. The thunderbolts, being Jove's own weapons, are
unwilling to be used against their former master.
