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“Did not Jupiter transforme himselfe into the shape of Amphitrio to embrace Alcmæna; into the form of a swan to enjoy Leda; into a Bull to beguile Io; into a showre of gold to win Danae?”
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- quote
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- 2026-07-04
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- 24a783accff506a4b8188e8ff06e3a0b7df5cd26ecfa5ac2ce85633de4deff01
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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