Poemata : Latin, Greek and Italian Poems by John Milton by John Milton
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3 Diana (the Moon).
4 Tithonus, mortal husband to Aurora (the dawn), granted immortality without eternal youth. See Homer's Hymn to Aphrodite (lines 218-238). Cephalus was her lover, unwillingly taken by her from his beloved wife Procris. See Ovid (Met. vii, 700-708). 5 Hades (Pluto). 6 A water goddess--mother of the river gods and wife of Oceanus. 7 The mother of Dionysus. Juno persuaded her to ask to see Jove in all his divine glory, the vision of which struck her dead. See Ovid (Met. iii, 308-309.) 8 The wheels of Apollo's chariot. See Ovid (Met. ii, I9-328.) 9 The goddess of chastity. 10 Hymn to Hymen, the goddess of marriage. 11 The wood god. 12 The goddess of agriculture. Cybele (Rhea) was called the mother of the gods and of men. See Virgil (Aen. x, 252-253.) 13 The god of shepherds. 14 A wood nymph. ELEGY VI To Charles Diodati, |
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