Book ii

. El. v. 1. 54, and the Note.]

[Footnote 989: The shooting grass.--Ver. 698. In Nisard's translation, the words 'prata novella' are rendered 'l'herbe nouvellement coupée,' 'the grass newly cut.' This is not the meaning of the passage. He intends to say that the grass just shooting up is apt to cut or prick the naked foot.]

[Footnote 990: Hermione.--Ver. 699. She was the daughter of Helen and Menelaus.]

[Footnote 991: Gorge.--Ver. 700. She was the daughter of Altnea, and sister of Meleager. She married Andræmon.]

[Footnote 992: Podalirius.--Ver. 735. The brother of Machaon. See the Tristia