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Library. Apollodorus. ed. Sir James George Frazer. Cambridge, MA. 1921.

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1. For the marriage of the sons of Egyptus with the daughters of Danaus, and its tragic sequel, see Zenobius, Cent. ii.6 ; Scholiast on Eur. Hec. 886 and Or. 872 ; Scholiast on Hom. Il. iv.171 ; Hyginus, Fab. 168 ; Serv. Verg. A. 10.497 . With the list of names of the bridal pairs as recorded by Apollodorus, compare the list given by Hyginus, Fab. 170 .
2. Compare Pind. N. 7.1.6(10) , with the Scholiast; Paus. 2.19.6 , Paus. 2.20.7 , Paus. 2.21.1 ; Hor. Carm. 3.11.30ff. ; Ovid, Her. xiv .
3. Compare Zenobius, Cent. iv.86 . According to Paus. 2.24.2 ) the heads of the sons of Egyptus were buried on the Larisa, the acropolis of Argos, and the headless trunks were buried at Lerna.
4. Compare Pind. P. 9.112(195) , with the Scholiasts; Paus. 3.12.2 . The legend may reflect an old custom of racing for a bride. See The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, ii.299ff. It is said that Danaus instituted games which were celebrated every fifth (or, as we should say, every fourth) year, and at which the prize of the victor in the footrace was a shield. See Hyginus, Fab. 170 .
5. Compare Strab. 8.6.2 ; Paus. 2.38.2 , Paus. 4.35.2 .>
6. See below, Apollod. E. E.6.7-11 .
7. Nostoi, an epic poem describing the return of the Homeric heroes from Troy. See Epicorum Graecorum Fragmenta, ed. G. Kinkel, pp. 52ff. ; D. B. Monro, in his edition of Homer, Odyssey, Bks. xiii.- xxiv. pp. 378-382.