By Juno's hate. 'Twould be by woman's hand,
But one who holds the heavens in her sway.
If that, ye gods, were more than I should ask,
The Amazon, beneath the Scythian skies
Brought forth, might better have o'ercome my strength.
But by what woman's hand shall I be said,1185
Great Juno's enemy, to have been slain?
This is for thee, my stepdame, deeper shame.
Why shouldst thou call this day a day of joy?
What baleful thing like this has earth produced