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

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1. That is, they were to reign in alternate years. Compare Eur. Ph. 69ff. ; Eur. Ph. 473ff. ; Diod. 4.65.1 ; Zenobius, Cent. i.30 ; Hyginus, Fab. 67 ; Scriptores rerum mythicarum Latini, ed. Bode, i. pp. 48ff. (First Vatican Mythographer 152) . In this and the sequel Zenobius, Cent. i.30 closely follows Apollodorus and probably copied from him.
2. That is, the necklace and the robe which Cadmus had given to Harmonia at their marriage. See above, Apollod. 3.4.2 .
3. See above Apollod. 1.8.5 .
4. Adrastus received the oracle from Apollo. See Eur. Ph. 408ff. ; Eur. Supp. 132ff. In these passages the poet describes the nocturnal brawl between the two exiled princes at the gate of the palace, and their reconciliation by Adrastus. Compare Zenobius, Cent. i.30 ; Hyginus, Fab. 69 ; and the elaborate description of Statius, Theb. i.370ff. The words of the oracle given to Adrastus are quoted by the Scholiast on Eur. Ph. 409 . According to one interpretation the boar on the shield of Tydeus referred to the Calydonian boar, while the lion on the shield of Polynices referred to the lion-faced sphinx. Others preferred to suppose that the two chieftains were clad in the skins of a boar and a lion respectively. See Scholiast on Eur. Ph. 409 ; Hyginus, Fab. 69 .
5. As to the devices which the Greeks painted on their shields, as these are described by ancient writers or depicted in vase-paintings, see G. H. Chase, “The Shield Devices of the Greeks,” HSCP, vol. xiii. pp. 61-127 . From the evidence collected in this essay (pp. 98, 112ff.) it appears that both the boar and the lion are common devices on shields in vase-paintings.
6. Compare Diod. 4.65.3 ; Scholiast on Eur. Ph. 409 ; Hyginus, Fab. 69 ; Statius, Theb. ii.201ff.