The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems (212 page)
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Authors: John Milton,Burton Raffel
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6939
Carthaginian
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6941
am from, came
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6942
en masse, without distinction
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6943
i.e., and with reason
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6944
thankful blessing
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6947
goodness, kindness
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6948
Roman emperor,
A
.
D
. 14–37
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6949
He caused the Hasmonean uprising by plundering Temple treasures, desecrating the altar, and more
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6950
Judah Maccabeus, who led the Hasmonean uprising; he was born in Modin
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6951
opportunity’s
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6954
intervention, mediation
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6955
Saul: see I Samuel 9ff.
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6956
leave, give up
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6958
i.e., the mountain’s
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6959
the Tigris and the Euphrates
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6960
open, level country
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6961
lesser, smaller
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6965
without springs or headsprings (sources of rivers)
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6966
(1) hastened, (2) gotten where we wanted to go
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6967
Armenian river, flowing into the Caspian Sea
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6968
unapproachable
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6970
capital city of Assyrian empire after about 1100
B
.
C
.
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6971
king of Assyria, husband of Semiramis
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6972
king of Assyria, d. 722
B
.
C
.
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6974
immense city on the Euphrates
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6976
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, 605–562
B
.
C
.
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6977
king of Persia: Cyrus captured Babylon in 538
B
.
C
. and released the captive Jews
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6978
in southern Persia: residence and burial place of Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes, etc.
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6979
northeast of Persepolis, ancient capital of Bactria, now in Afghanistan
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6980
summer residence of Darius
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6981
Parthian capital, southeast of the Caspian Sea [five syllables, first, third, and fifth accented]
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6982
Shushan, city at northwestern tip of Persian Gulf, capital of Susiana/Elam and later of Persia
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6983
river east of Tigris, flowing through Susa/Shushan
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6985
seminomadic culture in western Asia, famous for bow-wielding cavalry
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6986
capital of Selucid empire, founded by Seleucus I Nicator; located on the Tigris
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6987
city in northwestern Mesopotamia, south of the Tigris
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6988
city in Armenia, southeast of the Black Sea; located on the Araxes River
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6989
town at northeastern end of Persian Gulf, near the juncture of the Tigris and the Euphrates
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6990
city on the Tigris, near Seleucia [trisyllabic, first and third accented; first letter silent]
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6991
founder of Parthian empire, ca. 248
B
.
C
.
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6992
(1) extravagant, (2) unchaste, lewd
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6993
city on the Orontes River, capital of Syria
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6994
fierce “barbarian” people living north and east of the Black and Caspian Seas
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6995
region northeast of Parthia
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6996
fearsomeness
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6997
lozenge/diamond-shaped military formation
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6998
half-rhomb military formation
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6999
i.e., with most of the army concentrated in the center
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7001
splendor, pomp, display
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7004
eastern Parthia, a region west of the Indus River
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7005
Kandahar, in modern Afghanistan
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7006
northern Parthia, between Bactria and Parthia
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7007
Hyrcania: province of ancient Persian empire, southeast of the Caspian Sea
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7008
region in the Caucasus,
not
Spain
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7009
Media-Atropatenia, west of Parthia, between the Caspian Sea and Armenia
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7010
near Nineveh, south of Armenia, on the Tigris: part of Assyria
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7011
see footnote 104, above
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7012
southeastern Persia: Susa was its capital
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7013
Basra, north of Persian Gulf, south of Susa
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7014
port, harbor
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7016
foot soldiers
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7017
an army had two horns/wings
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7018
soldiers in armor
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7020
soldier-diggers
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7021
flat, level, smooth, even
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7022
one-humped swift camels
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7024
Tatar king in Boiardo’s romance
Orlando Innamorato
(“Roland in Love”)
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7025
fortress of King Gallophrone, Angelica’s father
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7026
bravest, most chivalric
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7028
high nobles
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7029
pressed forward
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7031
make secure/safe [verb]
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7032
contemptible, small
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7034
progenitor, ancestor
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7035
descendants of the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, religiously and politically at odds with the Jews
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7036
molest, injure
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7037
Hyrcanus II, made king of Judah by Rome; he was attacked by Antigonus; both were abducted by Parthians
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7038
in spite of
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7039
alliance, treaty
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7040
modern Khabar, near the Euphrates: see 2 Kings 17:6, 18:11
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7041
inhabitants of Media, in Parthia
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7042
i.e., those of Joseph’s sons, Ephraim and Manasseh: see note 130, above
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7043
political cunning
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7044
praiseworthy, fair-seeming
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7045
remiss, neglectful
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7046
scheming, crafty
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7049
confronted (him) as
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7050
see 1 Chronicles 21:1ff.
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7051
counting, making a census of
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7053
idle, useless, of no significance/value
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7054
look to, have a care for
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7055
with blind speed
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7056
go after, pursue
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7057
fit, suitable
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7060
heal, make good
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7061
defeats, frustrates
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7062
new wine in process
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7063
splinters, chips
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7066
central Italy: Tyrrhenian Sea to the south, Apennine Range to the northwest, the plain split by the River Tiber
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