• The wings of the Griffin extend upward between the middle list or trail of splendor of the seven candles and the three outer ones on each side. ↩
• The chariot of the sun, which Phaeton had leave to drive for a day, is thus described by Ovid, Metamorphoses II , Addison’s Tr. :⁠— “A golden axle did the work uphold, Gold was the beam, the wheels were orbed with gold. The spokes in rows of silver pleased the sight, The seat with parti-colored gems was bright; Apollo shined amid the glare of light.” ↩
• In smiting Phaeton with a thunderbolt. Ovid, Metamorphoses II :⁠— “Jove called to witness every power above, And even the god whose son the chariot drove, That what he acts he is compelled to do, Or universal ruin must ensue. Straight he ascends the high ethereal throne, From whence he used to dart his thunder down, From whence his showers and storms he used to pour, But now could meet with neither storm nor shower; Then, aiming at the youth, with lifted hand, Full at his head he hurled the forky brand, In dreadful thund’rings. Thus th’ almighty sire Suppressed the raging of the fires with fire.” See also note 247 . ↩