all he sought, and would
have cast me down, a lost one, from the aether into the deep, had not
Night, vanquisher of gods and men, preserved me, to whom I came flying.
So he restrained himself, angry as he was; for he dreaded lest he should
do things which were disagreeable to swift[472] Night. And now again
dost thou urge me to perform this another dangerous deed."

But him the venerable large-eyed Juno in turn answered: "O Sleep, why
thinkest thou these things within thy mind? Canst thou suppose that
far-sounding Jove favours the Trojans, as he was enraged on account of
Hercules, his own son? But come, [do this], and I will give thee one of
the younger Graces to wed, and to be called thy spouse, Pasithea,[473]
whom thou fondly desirest day after day."

[Footnote 472: But see Buttm. Lexil. p. 369. Translate, "quick
and fearful night."]

[Footnote 473: The most beautiful of the Graces,--"blandarum
prima sororum," according to Statius, Theb. ii. 286. Cf. Virg.
AEn. i. 267, sqq.]

Thus she spoke; but Sleep was delighted, and, answering, addressed her:
"Come now, swear to me by the inviolable water of the Styx, and touch
with one hand the fertile earth, and with the other the marble sea; so
that all the gods beneath, around Saturn, may be witnesses between us,
that thou wilt surely give me one of the younger Graces, Pasithea, whom
I will desire all my days."

Thus he spoke, nor did the white-armed goddess Juno disobey, but she
swore as he desired, and named all gods who dwell under Tartarus, which
are called Titans.[474] When then she had sworn, and performed her oath,
they both proceeded, leaving the city of Lemnos and Imbrus, mantled in
haze, quickly making their way; and they came to Ida of many rills, the
mother of wild beasts, to Lectos, where first they quitted the sea: but
they both advanced over the land, and the summit of the wood was shaken
beneath their feet. There Sleep on his part remained, before the eyes of
Jove should perceive him; ascending a lofty fir, which then growing the
highest upon Ida, sprung up through the air to the clouds. There he sat,
thickly covered with the fir branches, like unto a shrill bird, which,
living in the mountains, the gods call Chalcis, and men Cymindis.

[Footnote 474: On this oath, see Grote, vol. i. p. 17.]

But Juno proceeded hastily to Gargarus, the summit of lofty Ida, and
cloud-compelling Jove beheld her. But the instant he beheld her, that
insta