cape;

Asteria > (Or Asterie, daughter of Phoebe and the Titan Coeus. In
order to escape Jupiter's advances she transformed herself into a
quail and threw herself down from heaven; whereupon he trans-
formed himself into an eagle. See _Met._ 6.108; Hesiod,
_Theogony_ 404-12; Hyginus, _Fabulae_ 53)
scape > escape

4 Again, when the Trojan boy so fair

the Trojan boy > (Ganymede, son of Tros and Callirrho{e"}, most
beautiful of all mortals; the details of his abduction vary in
different accounts. Spenser follows _Met._ 10.155 ff., _DGDG_
9.13)

5 He snatched from Ida hill, and with him bore:

Ida hill > (A mountain range in Mysia, in Asia Minor, celebrated
also as the scene of the judgement of Paris; see 207.55)

6 Wondrous delight it was, there to behold
7 How the rude shepherds after him did stare,

rude > simple, uneducated

8 Trembling through fear, lest down he fall should,
9 And often to him calling to take surer hold.

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In _Satyres_ shape _Antiopa_ he snatcht:
2 And like a fire, when he _Aegin_' assayd:
A shepheard, when _Mnemosyne_ he catcht:
4 And like a Serpent to the _Thracian_ mayd.
Whiles thus on earth great _Ioue_ these pageaunts playd,
6 The winged boy did thrust into his throne,
And scoffing, thus vnto his mother sayd,
8 Lo now the heauens obey to me alone,
And take me for their _Ioue_, whiles _Ioue_ to earth is gone.

1 In satyr's shape Antiope he snatched:

satyr > (Satyrs are horned forest spirits, man-like above and goat-
like below, usually portrayed as more or less lustful. In Roman
mythology, Satyr, one of the satyrs, is a companion of Bacchus
with long, pointed ears, behind which are the stumps of horns,
with the tail of a goat, bristly hair, and a flat nose)
Antiope > (Daughter of Nycteus, and mother by Jupiter of Amphion and
Zethus)

2 And like a fire, when he Aegina assayed:

Aegina > (Daughter of the river-god Asopus, and mother by Jupiter of
Aeacus (Hyginus, _Fabulae_ 52))
assayed > assaulted, assailed

3 A shepherd, when Mnemosyne he caught:

Mnemosyne > (Daughter of Uranus, and mother by Jupiter of the Muses)

4 And like a serpent to the Thracian maid.

the Thracian maid > (Proserpine, daughter of Jupiter and Ceres;
later, the wife of Pluto. See _Met._ 6.110-114, where she is
called "Deoida" after Deo (another name for Ceres))

5 While thus on earth great Jove these pageants played,

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