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it in pieces. It will take you all ten years to heal the wounds
his lightning will inflict upon you, that you may learn, grey-
eyed goddess, what quarrelling with your father means. He
is less hurt and angry with Juno, for whatever he says she
always contradicts him but you, bold hussy, will you really
dare to raise your huge spear in defiance of Jove?’
With this she left them, and Juno said to Minerva, ‘Of
a truth, child of aegis-bearing Jove, I am not for fighting
men’s battles further in defiance of Jove. Let them live or
die as luck will have it, and let Jove mete out his judgements
upon the Trojans and Danaans according to his own plea-
sure.’
She turned her steeds; the Hours presently unyoked them,
made them fast to their ambrosial mangers, and leaned the
chariot against the end wall of the courtyard. The two god-
desses then sat down upon their golden thrones, amid the
company of the other gods; but they were very angry.
Presently father Jove drove his chariot to Olympus, and
entered the assembly of gods. The mighty lord of the earth-
quake unyoked his horses for him, set the car upon its stand,
and threw a cloth over it. Jove then sat down upon his gold-
en throne and Olympus reeled beneath him. Minerva and
Juno sat alone, apart from Jove, and neither spoke nor asked
him questions, but Jove knew what they meant, and said,
‘Minerva and Juno, why are you so angry? Are you fatigued
with killing so many of your dear friends the Trojans? Be
this as it may, such is the might of my hands that all the
gods in Olympus cannot turn me; you were both of you
trembling all over ere ever you saw the fight and its terrible

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