10. [Or collar-bone.]

11.  The belief of those times, in regard to the peace and happiness of
   the soul after death, made the protection of the body a matter of
   great importance.  For a full account of these rites, see the
   articles Charon and Pluto, Gr. & Rom.  Mythology.

12.  The physician of the gods.  Homer says nothing of his origin.  He
   seems to be considered as distinct from Apollo, though perhaps
   originally identical with him.

13.  From the fact that so few mystical myths are introduced in the
   Iliad, Mueller infers that the mystical element of religion could
   not have predominated among the Grecian people for whom Homer sang. 
   Otherwise, his poems in which that element is but little regarded,
   would not have afforded universal pleasure and satisfaction.  He
   therefore takes but a passing notice of Demeter.  Mueller also
   remarks, that in this we cannot but admire the artistic skill of
   Homer, and the feeling for what is right and fitting that was
   innate with the Greeks.

14. [Vide Samson to Harapha in the Agonistes.  There the word is used
   in the same sense.—­TR.]

15. [This is a construction of {leuk elephanti} given by some of the
   best commentators, and that seems the most probable.—­TR.]

16.  This slow and orderly retreat of the Greeks, with their front
   constantly turned to the enemy, is a fine encomium on their courage
   and discipline.  This manner of retreating was customary among the
   Lacedaemonians, as were many other martial customs described by
   Homer.  The practice arose from the apprehension of being killed by
   a wound in the back, which was not only punished with infamy, but a
   person bearing the mark was denied the rites of burial.

17. [This, according to Porphyrius as quoted by Clarke, is the true
   meaning of {aiolomitres}.—­TR.]

18.  The chariots of the gods were formed of various metals, and drawn
   through the air, or upon the surface of the sea, by horses of
   celestial breed.  These chariots were used by the deities only on
   occasion of a long journey, or when they wished to appear with
   state and magnificence.  Ordinarily they were transported from place
   to place by the aid of their golden sandals, with the exception of
   the “silver-footed Thetis,” to whom they seem to have been
   superfluous.  When at home, the gods were barefoot, according to the
   custom of the age, as we see from various representations of
   antique art.

19. [These which I have called crescents, were a kind of hook of a
   semicircular form, to which the reins were occasionally
   fastened.—­TR.]

20.  The Greeks borrowed the vest and shield of Minerva from the
   Lybians, only with this difference:  the Lybian shield was fringed
   with thongs of leather, and the Grecian with serpents.—­HERODOTUS.