“Wedding is great Juno’s crown:
Oh, blessed bond of board and bed!
’Tis Hymen peoples every town;
High wedlock then be honored;
Honor, high honor and renown,
To Hymen, god of every town.”
--_Shakespeare._
Juno’s marriage to Jupiter was one of the most auspicious events that
ever took place on Mt. Olympus. To their union were traced all the
blessings of nature and when they met as on Mt. Ida in a golden cloud,
sweet and fragrant flowers sprang up around them.
It is recorded, however, that they had many quarrels and wranglings,
the blame of which was usually traced to Juno. She was frequently
angry, jealous and quarrelsome, and her character was proud and not
free from bitterness. The Romans believed that every woman had her Juno
who protected her through life. The peacock was sacred to Juno.
“The white-armed Juno there enthroned was seen,
Sovereign of heaven and Jove’s imperious queen;
Still near his queen her watchful peacock spreads
His thousand eyes, his circling luster sheds;
Where’er she bends the living radiance burns
And floats majestic as the goddess turns.”
--_Lope de Vega._