And large-eyed Juno answered: “What strange words, Austere Saturnius, hast thou said? A man, A mortal far less skilled in shaping means To compass ends, might do what I have done Against his fellow-man. Then should not I⁠— Who boast to be the chief of goddesses By birthright, and because I bear the name Of wife to thee who rulest o’er the gods⁠— Plan evil to the Trojans, whom I hate?”

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