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The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1, Poetry - Volume 1

Note 4 — THE FABLE OF DRYOPE.[1]

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Out of jealousy that Alcmena should bear a child to Jupiter, Juno employed Lucina to hinder the birth of Hercules. The malevolence of the goddess was defeated through the ingenuity of Galanthis, who was straightway turned into a weasel by the baffled and irritated Lucina.

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