28. gratias egit. See the note on 6, 16.

27. 2. e laboribus. See the note on 24, 7.

3. Herculi praeceperat = _Herculi imperaverat_, 25, 12.

5. posset, subjunctive because it quotes the thought of Eurystheus,
_poterit_.

6. ut ... traheret. This clause is not itself the object of dedit, but in
apposition with the object (Negotium).

7. omnium, partitive genitive.

11. narramus. The present is sometimes used with antequam to express
future action, as in English with 'before.' See the note on 15, 1.

alienum, predicate adjective, the subject of videtur being pauca ...
proponere. In the passive _video_ may mean 'be seen,' but it usually
means 'seem.'

13. qui idem, 'which also,' literally 'which the same.'

14. Ut, 'when.'

15. deducebantur, customary action.

19. Stygis fluminis. We say 'river Styx,' but 'Mississippi River.'

quo, ablative of means.