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AESCHYLUS
That fare on flesh. Ye must instruct me further;
I am to know more of this history
And how ye are a seed of Argive strain.
Chorus.
Runs not the story that on Argos' earth
Io once kept the keys of Hera's house?
King.
'Tis very sure she did: the fame thereof
Lives yet throughout the land.
Chorus.
And more by token;
The heart of Zeus was stung with love of her?
King.
Troth, 'twas no secret: Hera wrought amain
To foil his fancy.
Chorus.
And this royal quarrel
How doth it end in the story?
King.
The Argive goddess
Transformed the maid into a cow.
Chorus.
And Zeus
Is fain to have the comely beast fair-horned?
King.
Indeed the tale is told so: to that end
He wore the likeness of a lustful bull.
