Bible, will the best understand and the most lastingly appreciate the tale of Troy divine.—­H.N.  COLERIDGE.

9. [I have given this sense to the word {Zoroteron}—­on the authority
   of the Venetian Scholium, though some contend that it should be
   translated—­quickly.  Achilles, who had reproached Agamemnon with
   intemperate drinking, was, himself, more addicted to music than to
   wine.]—­TR.

10. [It is not without authority that I have thus rendered {kreion
   mega}.  Homer’s banquets are never stewed or boiled; it cannot
   therefore signify a kettle.  It was probably a kitchen-table,
   dresser, or tray, on which the meat was prepared for the spit. 
   Accordingly we find that this very meat was spitted afterward.—­See
   Schaufelbergerus.]—­TR.

11.  There are no speeches in the Iliad better placed, better timed, or
   that give a greater idea of Homer’s genius than these of the
   ambassadors to Achilles.  They are not only demanded by the
   occasion, but skilfully arranged, and in a manner that gives
   pleasure to the reader.

12 [Dacier observes, that he pluralizes the one wife of Menelaus,
   through the impetuosity of his spirit.]—­TR.

13.  According to some ancient writers, Achilles was but twelve years
   of age when he went to the wars of Troy.  And from what is here
   related of his education under Phoenix, it may be inferred, that
   the fable of his having been taught by Chiron is an invention of a
   later age and unknown to Homer.

14.  The ancients gave the name of Jupiter not only to the God of
   heaven, but also to the God of hell, as is seen here; and to the
   God of the sea, as appears from AEschylus.  They meant thereby to
   show that one sole deity governed the world.  To teach this truth,
   statues were made of Jupiter which had three eyes.  Priam had one in
   the court of his palace, which, in sharing the booty of the war of
   Troy, fell to the lot of Sthenelus, who carried it to
   Greece.—­DACIER.

15.  So called because Jove protects those who implore his aid.

16. [Wrinkled—­because the countenance of a man driven to prayer by a
   consciousness of guilt is sorrowful and dejected.  Lame—­because it
   is a remedy to which men recur late, and with reluctance.  And
   slant-eyed—­either because, in that state of humiliation they
   fear to lift their eyes to heaven, or are employed in taking a
   retrospect of their past misconduct.

   The whole allegory, considering when and where it was composed,
   forms a very striking passage.]—­TR.

17. [She had five brothers:  Iphiclus, Polyphontes, Phanes, Eurypylus,
   Plexippus.]—­TR.