Note 2 — THE EIGHTH BOOK OF HOMER’S ODYSSEYS

Since the Phæacians were not only dwellers by sea, but studious also of sea qualities, their names seem to usurp their faculties therein. All consisting of sea-faring signification, except Laodamas, As Acroneus, summa seu extrema navis pars. Ocyalus, velox in mari. Elatreus, or ᾽Ελατὴρ, ἐλατη̑ρος, Remex, etc.