XIV. ÉRICHTHON.

L. 2. _Érichthon._ Erichtonius, fourth king of Athens, son of Vulcan and the Earth, was a cripple, invented chariots, and, after his death, became the constellation of Auriga, or the Waggoner.

L. 5. _axe_, for _char._ See note to p. 65, XI, l. 2. For this line and the following see Virgil, _Georg._ iii. 113 ff.

Ll. 11-14. Virgil, _Georg._ iii. 191, 192.

L. 14. _Agiter... leurs pas._ Hurry (cf. _agitato_, in music=hurried) their pace, in opposition to _mesurer_, 'compose, moderate.'