god
Juno
also: Iuno
Queen of the Roman gods; her sacred objects were borne in slow, solemn procession, the image Horace uses for Tigellius's affected gravity.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.7 Juno's honor
Juno, chief goddess of Argos and Mycenae.
- The Odes §2.1 Juno
The goddess who favored the Africans (Carthage), now avenged on Jugurtha's behalf by Roman civil bloodshed.
- The Odes §3.3 Juno
She speaks in the divine council, consenting to Romulus's godhead but forbidding Troy's rebuilding.
- The Odes §3.4 Juno
'The matron Juno' takes her stand among the defending gods.
- The Satires §1.3 the sacred things of Juno
Juno, queen of the gods; her holy objects were carried in slow, solemn procession, so 'bearing Juno's sacred things' images an exaggeratedly grave and stately gait.