^{page 33 note 1} iii. 2, with its Simonidean basis and its link with Augustus, is an odd omission.

^{page 34 note 1} N.B. Only our knowledge of Alcaeus' ἔμε δε⋯λαν tells us that iii. 12 is a soliloquy (p. 178).

^{page 35 note 1} The recurrent insistence of Juno, in 11. 18–24, 40–44, 57–68, on the final deletion of Troy can hardly be dismissed as ‘being permitted to score a modest point’ (p. 268).