17. [{’Ossai gar Troon pyros escharai}—­As many as are owners of
   hearths—­that is to say, all who are householders here, or natives
   of the city.]—­TR.

18.  It seems barbarous in Diomede thus to have killed Dolon, but
   Eustathius observes that it was necessary to their success, as his
   cries might have put the Trojans on their guard.

19.  An allegorical manner of saying that they were awakened by the
   morning light.

20. [Homer did not here forget himself, though some have altered {tris
   io tetrakaidekaton}.—­Rhesus for distinction sake is not numbered
   with his people—­See Villoisson in loco.]—­TR.

Footnotes for Book XI: 
1.  Cynyras was king of Cyprus, and this probably alludes to some
   historical fact.  Cyprus was famous for its minerals.

2. [{Treis hekaterth’}—­three on a side, This is evidently the proper
   punctuation, though it differs from that of all the editions that I
   have seen.  I find it no where but in the Venetian Scholium.]—­TR.

3.  It is finely remarked by Trollope, that, of all the points of
   resemblance which may be discovered between the sentiments,
   associations and expressions of Homer, and those of the sacred
   writings, this similitude is perhaps the most striking; and there
   can be little doubt that it exhibits a traditional vestige of the
   patriarchal record of God’s covenant.—­FELTON.

4. [Quatre-crested.  So I have rendered {tetraphaleron} which literally
   signifies having four cones.  The cone was a tube into which the
   crest was inserted.  The word quatre-crested may need a precedent
   for its justification, and seems to have a sufficient one in the
   cinque-spotted cowslip of Shakspeare.]—­TR.

5. [This seems the proper import of {egdoupesan}.  Jupiter is called
   {erigdoutos}.]—­TR.

6. [The translator follows Clarke in this interpretation of a passage
   to us not very intelligible.]

7.  The ancient manner of mowing and reaping was, for the laborers to
   divide in two parties, and to begin at each end of the field, which
   was equally divided, and proceed till they met in the middle of it.

8.  Time was then measured by the progression of the sun, and the parts
   of the day were distinguished by the various employments.

9. [{olmos}.]

10. [The Grecians at large are indiscriminately called Danai, Argives,
   and Achaians, in the original.  The Phthians in
   particular—­Hellenes.  They were the troops of Achilles.]—­TR.

11. [{Anemotrephes}—­literally—­wind-nourished.]—­TR.

12.  In making Ulysses direct Diomede, Homer intends to show that valor
   should be under the guidance of wisdom.  In the 8th Book, when
   Diomede could hardly be restrained by the thunder of Jupiter, his
   valor is checked by the wisdom of Nestor.