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Metamorphoses
Book 10, Line 12 by Henry T. Riley (English)
“The king of the Gods above was once inflamed with a passion for Ganymede, and something was found that Jupiter preferred to be, rather than what he was. Yet into no bird does he vouchsafe to be transformed, but that which can carry his bolts. And no delay is there . Striking the air with his fictitious wings, he carries off the youth of Ilium; who even now mingles his cups for him , and, much against the will of Juno, serves nectar to Jove .”
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