Fasti (Oxford World's Classics) by Ovid

Fasti (Oxford World's Classics) by Ovid

Author:Ovid [Ovid]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2014-04-11T16:00:00+00:00


595

Jupiter calms her, and uses love to excuse the deed.

‘He is not a son-in-law we need be ashamed of,’ he says. ‘I am not more noble. My palace is set in heaven, another possesses the waters, another the empty void. But if it happens that your heart cannot be moved, and is set to break the bonds of a marriage once joined, then let us try to do just that—if only she has remained fasting. If not, she will be the wife of an underworld husband.’

600

The bearer of the caduceus receives his orders, then puts on his wings, goes to Tartarus, returns more quickly than expected, and brings a sure report of what he has seen.

605



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