_Oreads:_ mountain-nymphs.

_Latona_ was the mother of Diana and Apollo.
LXX.

_Hesperia_, 'the western land,' means Italy.
The Oenotrian folk were an old Italian race settled in the south of the peninsula, in Lucania.

_Italus_ is an eponymous hero and was probably invented to account for the name _Italia_.

Probably _Italia_ means 'the cattle land.' LXXXII.