The _Lupercal_ was the sanctuary of Lupercus ('wolf-repeller'), an old Roman shepherd god.

The _Capitol_ is referred to as 'now golden,' because in Virgil's time the roof of the temple of Jupiter Capitotinus was gilded.
L.Thetis, the mother of Achilles, persuaded Vulcan to make arms for her son, and so had Aurora, the goddess of dawn, 'Tithonus' spouse,' when her son Memnon went to Troy to fight against the Greeks.
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The island here referred to is Hiera, one of the Aeolian isles, north-east of Sicily.

It is now called Volcano.

The _Cyclops_ were originally gigantic one-eyed cannibals who lived a pastoral life near Mount Aetna.