That he set forth again. No time for rest

Is given, save while he waits a fresh command.

'Twas ever thus: from earliest infancy

Unfriendly Juno follows on his track.

Was e'en his cradle free from her assaults?

He conquered monsters ere he learned to know215

What monsters were. Two crested serpents huge

Against him reared their heads; the dauntless child

Crawled forth to meet them, and, with placid gaze

Intently fixed upon their fiery eyes,