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==Textual notes==
 
==Textual notes==
 
===Apollo===
 
 
Apollo was a god who was popularly prayed to to ward off evil and to protect and heal.
 
 
===Flowers===
 
  
 
In the Aeneid (book 9), Euryalus, friend and lover of Nisus, is compared to a flower by the author before he is killed.  (Nisus was mentioned briefly in Grantaire's character introduction).
 
In the Aeneid (book 9), Euryalus, friend and lover of Nisus, is compared to a flower by the author before he is killed.  (Nisus was mentioned briefly in Grantaire's character introduction).
 
===Orestes and Pylades===
 
 
Orestes ("he who can move mountains" in Greek) is a member of the House of Atreus, and he is caught in a position where he must kill his mother for the murder of his father.  Apollo assists him throughout.  Pylades is his loyal and devoted companion who acts as a symbol of fate in the Libation Bearers.
 
  
 
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