Part 13 (1/2)

[Footnote 23: _Psecas._--Ver. 172. From the Greek ?e???, 'a dew-drop.']

[Footnote 24: _Phyale._--Ver. 172. This is from the Greek f?a??, 'an urn.']

[Footnote 25: _Took up water._--Ver. 189. The ceremonial of sprinkling previous to the transformation seems not to have been neglected any more by the offended G.o.ddesses of the cla.s.sical Mythology, than by the intriguing enchantresses of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments; as the unfortunate Beder, when under the displeasure of the vicious queen Labe, experienced to his great inconvenience. The love for the supernatural, combined with an anxious desire to attribute its operations to material and visible agencies, forms one of the most singular features of the human character.]

[Footnote 26: _Autonoeian._--Ver. 198. Autonoe was the daughter of Cadmus and Hermione, or Harmonia, and the wife of Aristaeus, by whom she was the mother of Actaeon. We may here remark, that in one of his satires, Lucian introduces Juno as saying to Diana, that she had let loose his dogs on Actaeon, for fear lest, having seen her naked, he should divulge the deformity of her person.]

[Footnote 27: _Melampus._--Ver. 206. These names are all from the Greek, and are interesting, as showing the epithets by which the ancients called their dogs. The pack of Actaeon is said to have consisted of fifty dogs. Their names were preserved by several Greek poets, from whom Apollodorus copied them; but the greater part of his list has perished, and what remains is in a very corrupt state. Hyginus has preserved two lists, the first of which contains thirty-nine names, most of which are similar to those here given by Ovid, and in almost the same order; while the second contains thirty-six names, different from those here given.

aeschylus has named but four of them, and Ovid here names thirty-six. Crete, Arcadia, and Laconia produced the most valuable hounds. Melampus, 'Black-foot,' is from the Greek words ??a?, 'black,' and p???, 'a foot.']

[Footnote 28: _Ichn.o.bates._--Ver. 207. 'Tracer.' From the Greek ?????, 'a footstep,' and a???, 'to go.']

[Footnote 29: _Pamphagus._--Ver. 210. 'Glutton.' From p??, 'all,'

and f???, 'to eat.']

[Footnote 30: _Dorcaeus._--Ver. 210. 'Quicksight.' From d????, 'to see.']

[Footnote 31: _Oribasus._--Ver. 210. 'Ranger.' From ????, 'a mountain,' and a???, 'to go.']

[Footnote 32: _Nebrophonus._--Ver. 211. 'Kill-buck.' From ?e???, 'a fawn,' and f????, 'to kill.']

[Footnote 33: _Laelaps._--Ver. 211. 'Tempest.' So called from its swiftness and power, ?a??a?, signifying 'a whirlwind.']

[Footnote 34: _Theron._--Ver. 211. 'Hunter.' From the Greek, ?e?e??, 'to trace,' or 'hunt.']

[Footnote 35: _Pterelas._--Ver. 212. 'Wing.' 'Swift-footed,' from pte???, 'a wing,' and ??a???, 'to drive onward.']

[Footnote 36: _Agre._--Ver. 212. 'Catcher.' 'Quick-scented,' from ???a, 'hunting,' or 'the chase.']

[Footnote 37: _Hylaeus._--Ver. 213. 'Woodger,' or 'Wood-ranger;'

the Greek ???, signifying 'a wood.']

[Footnote 38: _Nape._--Ver. 214. 'Forester.' A 'forest,' or 'wood,' being in Greek, ??p?.]

[Footnote 39: _Pmenis._--Ver. 215. 'Shepherdess,' From the Greek p??e???, 'a shepherdess.']

[Footnote 40: _Harpyia._--Ver. 215. 'Ravener.' From the Greek word ??p??a, 'a harpy,' or 'ravenous bird.']

[Footnote 41: _Ladon._--Ver. 216. This dog takes its name from Ladon, a river of Sicyon, a territory on the sh.o.r.es of the gulf of Corinth.]

[Footnote 42: _Dromas._--Ver. 217. 'Runner.' From the Greek d????, 'a race.']

[Footnote 43: _Canace._--Ver. 217. 'Barker.' The word ?a?a??, signifies 'a noise,' or 'din.']

[Footnote 44: _Sticte._--Ver. 217. 'Spot.' So called from the variety of her colors, as st??t??, signifies 'diversified with various spots,' from st???, 'to vary with spots.' 'Tigris' means 'Tiger.']

[Footnote 45: _Alce._--Ver. 217. 'Strong.' From the Greek ????

'strength.']