XIV. érichthon. – André Chénier
L. 2. Érichthon. Erichtonius, fourth king of Athens, son of Vulcan
and the Earth, was a cripple, invented chariots, and, after his death,
became the constellation of Auriga, or the Waggoner.
L. 5. axe, for char. See note to p. 65, XI, l. 2. For this line and
the following see Virgil, Georg. iii. 113 ff.
Ll. 11-14. Virgil, Georg. iii. 191, 192.
L. 14. Agiter… leurs pas. Hurry (cf. agitato, in music=hurried)
their pace, in opposition to mesurer, ‘compose, moderate.’
