89. On the Hera of Polycleitus

How glorious the Hera who hath brought
To Polycleitus an undying fame,
The perfect loveliness his hand hath wrought
Phidias the master might have longed to claim.
On Ida's mount the shepherd, free of blame,
Had crowned her as the fairest ever seen;
Aye, she had set the heart of Zeus aflame
Had he not loved his sister and his Queen.
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Martial
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