And Juno hastened on to Gargarus, The peak of lofty Ida. Jupiter, The Cloud-compeller, saw her, and at once Love took possession of his mighty heart, As when they first were wedded, and withdrew From their dear parents’ sight. The God drew near And stood before her, and addressed her thus:⁠—

“Why art thou hastening from Olympus thus, And whither; yet without thy steeds and car?”

And Juno answered with dissembled guile:⁠— “To the far ends of the green earth I go, To visit Ocean, father of the gods, And Mother Tethys, in whose palace halls They nourished me, and brought me up. I go To end their hateful quarrels, for too long Have they been strangers to the marriage-bed, Incensed against each other. Now my steeds, Waiting to bear me over land and sea, Stand at the foot of Ida seamed with rills, And now I come to thee, lest thou perchance Be wroth if I unknown to thee repair To where old Ocean dwells amid his deeps.”