Tartarus, that the region of light was thought to have certain bounds. The summit of the Thessalian Olympus was regarded as the highest point on the earth, and it is not always carefully distinguished from the aerian regions above The idea of a seat of the gods--perhaps derived from a more ancient tradition, in which it was not attached to any geographical site--seems to be indistinctly blended in the poet's mind with that of the real mountain."--Thirlwall's Greece, vol. i. p. 217, sq. 191 "Now lately heav'n, earth, another world Hung e'er my realm, link'd in a golden chain To that side heav'n." --"Paradise Lost," ii. 1004. 192 --_His golden scales._ "Jove now, sole arbiter of peace and war, Held forth the fatal balance from afar: Each host he weighs; by turns they both prevail, Till Troy descending fix'd the doubtful scale." Merrick's Tryphiodorus, v 687, sqq. "Th' Eternal, to prevent such horrid fray, Hung forth in heav'n his golden scales, Wherein all things created first he weighed; The pendulous round earth, with balanced air In counterpoise; now ponders all events, Battles and realms. In these he puts two weights, The sequel each of parting and of fight: The latter quick up flew, and kick'd the beam." "Paradise Lost," iv. 496. 193 --_And now,_ &c. "And now all heaven Had gone to wrack, with ruin overspread; Had not th' Almighty Father, where he sits ... foreseen." --"Paradise Lost," vi. 669. 194 --_Gerenian Nestor._ The epithet _Gerenian_ either refers to the name of a place in which Nestor was educated, or merely signifies honoured, revered. See Schol. Ven