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This text uses the traditional Latinate spellings and common English equivalents for the Greek names, e.g., Achilles, Clytaemnestra, Achaeans, Menelaus, Hecuba, rather than modern renditions which strive to stay more closely to the Greek: Akhilleus, Klytaimnestra, Akhaians, Menelaos, Hekabe, and so on, with the exception of a very few names of gods–Cronos, Ouranos–and a few others (e.g., Idaios). And where there is a common English rendition of the name (e.g., Ajax, Troy, Teucer), I have used that. A dieresis over a vowel indicates that it is pronounced by itself (e.g., Deïphobus is pronounced "Day-ee-phobus" not "Day-phobus" or "Dee-phobus").
In numbering the lines, the translator has usually included a short, indented line with the line above it, so that what looks like two partial lines counts as a single one. These numbers are approximately twenty-five to thirty percent higher than the numbers in the Greek text.
The numbers inserted in the text indicate an explanatory note at the bottom of the page. These have been provided by the translator.