_Iapygia_, a Greek name for the southern part of Apulia.
_Garganus:_ name of a mountain in Apulia.
See also note on Book X.stanza iv.
XXXIII.

The references in this stanza are (1) to the storm which Minerva (Pallas) raised when the Greeks set sail from Troy.

(2) To the story of Nauplius, king of Euboea, who hung false lights over the headland of Caphareus, and so caused the wreck of the Greek fleet.
XXXIV.

'Proteus' Pillars' means Egypt, and the stories of Menelaus, as also the adventures of Ulysses with the Cyclops, will be found in the _Odyssey_.

For _Pyrrhus_ see note on Book III.