stanza iv.
CIII.

The temple of Venus on Mount Eryx was very celebrated in antiquity.

Venus is called 'Idalian' from Idalium in Cyprus.
CXII.

All the names that occur in this stanza are those of sea-gods or sea-nymphs.
CXVIII.

The Roman poets placed the Sirens on some rocks in the southern part of the bay of Naples.
NOTES TO BOOK SIX I._Cumae_ was the most ancient Greek colony in Campania.