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• The Ephebian god turning himself into a "golden shower" parodies Zeus turning himself into a "shower of gold" to impregnate Danae. "Golden shower", on the other hand, is slang for urinating on someone for mutual sexual pleasure. This is why the expression "raised interesting questions about everyday night life in sophisticated Ephebe" in Teppic's mind.

• "THIS? IT'S A SCYTHE." - Death reaps King Teppicymon's soul with a scythe, even though he normally uses a sword for kings.

Corgi pb (1990 first edition) p116: note the typo of a very minor character's name: Prince Imtebos becomes Imbetos in the same line. Doesn't matter too much, as the prince never appears again... This error may appear only in the first few print runs of the novel (1989-90) as good authority advises me it's been corrected in later editions.

Corgi PB (1990 first edition) p265:- Teppic sank on one knee and, out of desperation, raised the knife in both hands. This echoes the position and rationale of the weathercock on the highest point of the Assassins' Guild building: a silhouetted assassin with knife poised to inhume the very wind. Poised on top of the Great Pyramid, at the highest point of the Kingdom, Pteppic is about to perform the greatest act of asassination ever: an entire Kingdom, seven thousand years of history, and an entire pantheon of gods. (And also, by default and by their implicit consent, a total of 1,300 monarchs... simultaneously.) The Guild's collective heart must have swelled with pride...