Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Juno

The “venerable ox-eyed” wife of Jupiter, and queen of heaven. (Roman mythology.) The famous marble statue of the Campana Juno is in the Vatican.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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