[526] The psychology of Homer’s description of the Vulcan menage is curiously suggestive of a modern visit to the village blacksmith:—
“Him swelt’ring at his forge she found, intent
On forming twenty tripods, which should stand
The wall surrounding of his well-built house,
The silver-footed Queen approach’d the house,
Charis, the skilful artist’s wedded wife,
Beheld her coming, and advanc’d to meet;
And, as her hand she clasp’d, address’d her thus:
‘Say, Thetis of the flowing robe, belov’d
And honour’d, whence this visit to our house,