4:18. Sarpedon. Son of Jupiter, and king of the Lycians; an ally of Troy slain by Patroclus, friend of Achilles. 4:18. Simois. The famous river that flows by Troy.
"And Simois, in whose bed lay many shields And helms and bodies of slain demigods." —Homer, Iliad.
4:23. Stars. Hyperbole; cf.—
"The chidden billow seems to pelt the clouds; The wind-shaked surge, with high and monstrous mane, Seems to cast water on the burning Bear And quench the guards of the ever-fixed pole." —Shakespeare, Othello.
4:26. Crest.
"Now quivering o'er the topmost waves she rides
While deep beneath the enormous gulf divides:
Now launching headlong down the horrid vale,
Becalmed she hears no more the howling gale."
--Falconer, Shipwreck.
4:33. Syrtes. Two shallow bays on the north coast of Africa distinguished as Major and Minor,—dangerous to navigation. 5:8. Side-jointings.
"The chinks suck destruction. The heavy dead hulk
On the living sea rolls an inanimate bulk."
—Shelley, Vision of the Sea.
"The sides convulsive shook on groaning beams, And, rent with labour, yawn'd their pitchy seams." —Falconer, Shipwreck.
5:11. Neptune. God of the sea,—brother of Juno. 5:22. Confound.
