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| − | ==Apuleius Metamorphoses 6.4==
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| − | Then kneeling, Psyche embraced the altar of Juno and, wiping at her
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| − | tears, once more prayed. "O spouse and sister of Mighty Jupiter,
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| − | whether You are worshipped and adored in the public rites of the
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| − | temples of Samos, or whether You are called upon singularly by women
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| − | in their tearful moment of giving birth, Your glory is nourished.
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| − | You dwell in ancient temples, whether at haughty Carthage, whose
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| − | temples You frequently bless when they celebrate Your journey from
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| − | heaven on the back of a lion, or whether in Your temple beside the
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| − | riverbank of Inachus where You are celebrated as the wife of
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| − | thundering Jupiter Tonans and as Queen of the Gods. Famous among the
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| − | Argives whose walls You defend, You who all the east venerates as
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| − | Life-giving Zygia, who all the west names Lucina, may You be an
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| − | advocate for me against my utter downfall, Juno Sospita, and endure
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| − | until the end in all my weary labors, exhausted as I am, deliver me
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| − | from imminent peril and free me from my fears, for I know You are
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| − | accustomed to come of Your own accord to the assistance of such women
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| − | who are pregnant and in danger."
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| − | ==Corpus Inscriptiones Latinae VI 32323, Acta Sacrorum Saecularium, Rome, Lines l21-22; ref. 92-99==
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| − | Juno Regina, as it is prescribed for you in those books – and for
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| − | this reason may every good fortune attend the Roman people, the
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| − | Quirites – let sacrifice be made to You with a fine cow. I beg and
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| − | pray [that You may increase the sovereign power and majesty of the
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| − | Roman people, the Quirites, in war and peace; as You have always
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| − | watched over us among the Latins. Forever may You grant safety,
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| − | victory and health to the Roman people, the Quirites. May You bestow
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| − | Your favor on the Roman people, the Quirites, and on the legions of
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| − | the Roman people, the Quirites. May You preserve the health and
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| − | welfare of the people of Rome, the Quirites, and may You always
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| − | remain willingly favorable and propitious to the people of Rome, the
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| − | Quirites, to the college of the quindecimviri, to me, to my house and
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| − | household. May You accept [this sacrifice of (a fine cow), to be
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| − | burnt whole for You in sacrifice. For these reasons may You be
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| − | honored and strengthened with the sacrifice of this female (cow), and
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| − | become favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the Quirites, to
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| − | the college of the quindecimviri, to myself, to my house, and to my
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| − | household.]
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| − | ==Corpus Inscriptiones Latinae VI 32323, Acta Sacrorum Saecularium, Rome, 17 BCE Lines 125-31==
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| − | Juno Regina, if there is any better fortune that may attend the Roman
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| − | people, the Quirites, we one hundred and ten mistresses of households
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| − | of the Roman people, the Quirites, married women on bended knee, pray
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| − | that You bring it about, we beg and beseech that You increase the
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| − | power and majesty of the Roman people, the Quirites in war and peace;
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| − | and that the Latins may always be obedient; and that You may grant
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| − | eternal safety, victory and health to the Roman people, the Quirites;
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| − | and that You may protect the Roman people, the Quirites, and the
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| − | legions of the Roman people, the Quirites; and that You may keep safe
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| − | and make greater the state of the Roman people, the Quirites; and
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| − | that You may be favorable and propitious to the Roman people, the
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| − | Quirites, to the quindecimviri sacris faciundis, to us, to our
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| − | houses, to our households. These are the things that we one hundred
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| − | and ten mistresses of households of the Roman people, the Quirites,
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| − | married women on bended knee, pray, beg, and beseech.
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| − | ==Corpus Inscriptiones Latinae VI 32329. 10 sqq. Acta Sacrorum Saecularium addition==
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| − | Juno Regina, we, one hundred and ten the mothers of the families of
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| − | the people of Rome, the Quirites, pray You allow what is now
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| − | beneficial to the people of Rome, the Quirites, may then be made
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| − | better, and we brides implore You to aid and increase the sovereign
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| − | power and majesty of the people of Rome, the Quirites, in war and
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| − | peace, and always to watch over the fame of the Latins. And may You
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| − | favor the people of Rome, the Quirites, and the legions of the people
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| − | of Rome, the Quirites, and preserve the republic of the people of
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| − | Rome, the Quirites, and may You willingly favor and prosper us, our
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| − | homes, and our families. This is what the one hundred and ten
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| − | mothers of the families of the people of Rome, the Quirites, we
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| − | brides of our families, pray, entreat, and implore (You to grant.)
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| − | ==Livius Andronicus Equos Troianos==
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| − | Grant me the strength, Goddess, to whom I ask, to whom I pray; extend
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| − | your assistance to me.
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| − | Da mihi hasce opes, quas peto, quas precor porrige opitula
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| − | ==Plautus Amphitryon 831-834==
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| − | By the Highest Gods ruling in the heavens, by Juno, too, She whom
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| − | most of all I fear and venerate, I swear that no mortal man has ever
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| − | come near enough to touch me or in any way impugn upon my chastity or
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| − | has give me cause for shame.
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| − | ==Seneca Hercules on Oeta 256-62==
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| − | Wherever You may be in the ethereal regions, O wife of Jupiter
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| − | Tonans, send a wild beast against Alcides as may satisfy my need. If
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| − | a serpent moves through the marsh with a fruitful head, more vast
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| − | than all others born in this region, if a feral beast lives that is
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| − | so immense, so dire, so horrible that Hercules Himself would avert
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| − | His eye, let this beast come forth from some vast cave.
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| − | ==Silius Italicus Punica 7.78-85==
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| − | Be present O Queen of the Heavenly Gods, we Your chaste daughters
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| − | pray and bring forth this venerable gift, we, all the Roman women of
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| − | noble name, have woven this mantle with our own hands, embroidered it
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| − | for You with threads of gold. This veil You shall wear for now, O
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| − | Juno, until we mothers grow less fearful for our sons. But if You
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| − | will grant that we may repel these African storm clouds from our
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| − | land, we shall set upon You a flashing crown of diverse gems set in
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| − | gold.
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| − | ==Statius Thebaid 10.67-69==
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| − | Look, O Juno, upon the sacrilegious citadel of the Cadmean whore, and
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| − | cast asunder that rebel mound. O Queen of Heaven, who rules the
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| − | stars circling about the northern pole, with another thunderbolt, for
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| − | You have the power, drive out Thebes as well.
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| − | ==Tibullus 4.6.1 ff.==
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| − | Accept, O Juno Lucina, this offering of incense. Cheerfully, O
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| − | Lucina, she has come to adorn your shrine of matrons...
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| − | Come, most chaste Queen of Heaven, appear in royal robes and nod your
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| − | assent to the wine that is poured and the cakes piled high to await
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| − | you. With you bring every herb for ending pain, and soothing songs
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| − | to sing; across the ocean from distant shores bear such herbs as will
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| − | cure our most severe ills, or whatever else we most fear. Rack this
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| − | girl no more with pain, or cruelly delay her birthing.
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| − | ==Valerius Flaccus Argonautica 1.80-90==
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| − | Almighty Queen of Heaven, remember when Jupiter made the skies grow
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| − | wild with black clouds and sheets of rain; remember when Thundering
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| − | Jupiter commanded Your return to the marriage bed and how You,
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| − | frightened with sudden capture and at being left destitute following
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| − | Your rape, sought only how to flee; remember how it was I who carried
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| − | You upon my shoulders across the storm swollen Enipeus, when it
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| − | carried away its banks to flood the Thessalian plane, and all were
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| − | carried before its torrents. Grant, Juno, that I may arrive safely
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| − | to Scythia where the Phasis flows. And You, virgin Minerva, snatch
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| − | me away from harm. I, even I then, will set that plucked fleece in
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| − | your shrine, and my father, relieved and grateful, will dedicate snow-
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| − | white cattle from herds and lead them to Your altar with gilded horns.
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| − | ==Virgil Aeneid 6.195-98==
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| − | Be my guide, if there is any way, and make Your course from the sky
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| − | above into this grove, where rich boughs shade fertile land. And
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| − | you, Holy Mother, do not desert us in our hour of indecision.
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