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7 4 — Pénée : Peneus, a river of Elide, now Gestouni. 7 5— Olympie : A sacred région in Elide,. where the

Olympian games were held.

7 5 — Salmonée : Name of a :own m Elide founded by

Salmoneus, son of -^Eolus.

7 6 — Climats : Countries.

7 7— Dérobe : Conceals. Dérober, lit. to steal, is derived from de and raubare, to steal, which is to be found in the sixth century (Si quis in via alterum adsalierit et cum raubaverit. — Lex Salica). Raubare cornes from the Germ.

rouben, to spoil, to steal, to rob.

7 15 — Tranché les destins : Cut the thread of life.

7 18 — De carnage abreuvés : Drenched with slaughter.

8 3 — Le fit naître : Gave him birth.

8 7 — Servir : To be a subject. Lit. to serve.

NOTES

Page 8 line 9— Jupiter: Jupiter (Jove), a son of Satura, the chief

god among the Greeks and Romans.

8 14 — Notice the différence between plaindre, to pity,

and se plaindre, to complain.

8 15 — L'emporte: Prevails, triumphs. Lit. to carry off;

formerly enporter, for ejitporter, from the Lat.

indè portare.

8 17 — A la brigue : To intrigue.

8 21 — Héraclides : The descendants of Hercules are

called thus.

9 I — Dont: By which.

9 3 — Pylos : Name of town in Messenia, now Navarino. 9 3 — Amphryse : Amphrysus or Ambrysus, small town in Phocis.

9 6 — Il touche à la couronne : He is on the point of

gaining the crown.

9 7, 8 — Notice the use of ne.

9 9 — Egorgea : Slaughtered. Egorger, lit. to eut the throat of ; from é and gorge; from the Lat. gurges, an abyss ; hence, by metonymy, the throat.

9 13— Attentats : Guilty deeds, crimes. Lat. altentare,

to seek to corrupt, to attack, to assail. 9 14 — Porte : Directs.