Saturn devoured this, as he had the previous offerings; and emboldened by
her success, Cybele delivered in the same manner Pluto and Neptune, and
afterwards, by administering a potion, compelled him to yield up those he
had already swallowed. Jupiter, the first whom the Goddess had saved by her
artifice, was brought up secretly in the Isle of Crete, by the Corybantes,
or warrior priests, who, making a deafening noise with their drums and
cymbals, prevented for a period the cries of the infant from reaching the
ears of Titan: when, however, the latter discovered, as he eventually did,
that his hopes had been deceived, and his {10} agreement broken, he
assembled an army, marched against Saturn, (who by this time was made aware
of the deception, but refused to destroy his children), took him prisoner,
and threw him into Tartarus, from whence he was delivered by Jupiter, and
replaced upon his throne. But the fears of Saturn rendered him ungrateful
to his deliverer, for Destiny having prophesied that Saturn should be
dethroned by his son, the God attacked Jupiter in ambush, and finished, by
declaring open war against him. Jupiter, however, again proved conqueror,
chasing from heaven his father and his king, who took refuge in that part
of Italy known as Latium; Janus, monarch of this city of refuge, succoured
and received him, and Saturn, to recompense his hospitality, granted to him
the gift of memory, and of looking into the future. From this cause, Janus
is represented with a double face. The time which Saturn passed on earth is
known as the age of gold.
"Ere Saturn's rebel son usurped the skies;
When beasts were only slain in sacrifice;
While peaceful Crete enjoyed her ancient lord;
Ere sounding hammers forged the inhuman sword;
Ere hollow drums were beat; before the breath
Of brazen trumpets rung the peals of death,
The good old God his hunger did assuage
With roots and herbs, and gave the _golden age_."