The word pastoral comes from the Latin _pastor_, shepherd.
=Syracusan times=:--Syracuse was an important city in Sicily. See the
note on Sicilians, above.
=Trinacrian hills=:--Trinacria is an old name for Sicily.
=bulls and bears=:--A bull, on the Stock Exchange, is one who operates
in expectation of a rise in stocks; a bear is a person who sells stocks
in expectation of a fall in the market.
=Jauncey Court=:--The Jauncey family were prominent in the early New
York days. This court was probably named after them.
=AEgon=:--Usually spelled AEgaeon; another name for Briareus, a monster
with a hundred arms.
=Daphnis=:--In Greek myth, a shepherd who loved music.
=Nais=:--In Greek myth, a happy young girl, a nymph.
=Cyclops=:--One of a race of giants having but one eye--in the middle of
the forehead. These giants helped Vulcan at his forge under Aetna.
=Galatea=:--A sea-nymph beloved by the Cyclops Polyphemus.
=Silenus=:--The foster-father and companion of Bacchus, god of wine. In
pictures and sculpture Silenus is usually represented as intoxicated.
=Fauns=:--Fabled beings, half goat and half man.
=Arethusan water=:--Arethusa, in Greek myth, was a wood-nymph, who was
pursued by the river Alpheus. She was changed into a fountain, and ran
under the sea to Sicily, where she rose near the city of Syracuse.
Shelley has a poem on Arethusa.
=baton=:--A rod or wand; here, of course, a policeman's club.
SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY
The author sees an organ-grinder playing his gay tunes in Wall Street,
New York, among the buildings where enormous financial transactions are
carried on.
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