me.'

"On this Juno smiled, and with a laugh took the cup from her son's
hand. Then Vulcan went about among all other gods drawing nectar
for them from his goblet, and they laughed immoderately as they saw
him bustling about the heavenly mansion."

Then presently the gods go home to bed, each one in his own house
that Vulcan had cunningly built for him or her. Finally Jove
himself went to the bed which he generally occupied; and Jove his
wife went with him.

There is another quarrel between Jove and Juno at the beginning of
the fourth book.

The gods are sitting on the golden floor of Jove's palace and
drinking one another's health in the nectar with which Hebe from
time to time supplies them. Jove begins to tease Juno, and to
provoke her with some sarcastic remarks that are pointed at her
though not addressed to her directly.

"'Menelaus,' he exclaimed, 'has two good friends among the
goddesses, Juno and Minerva, but they only sit still and look on,
while Venus on the other hand takes much better care of Paris, and
defends him when he is in danger. She has only just this moment
been rescuing him when he made sure he was at death's door, for the
victory really did lie with Menelaus. We must think what we are to
do about all this. Shall we renew strife between the combatants or
shall we make them friends again? I think the best plan would be
for the City of Priam to remain unpillaged, but for Menelaus to have