Quote#Money & Wealth
Did not Jupiter transforme himselfe into the shape of Amphitrio to…
Quote byJohn Lyly · 1554–1606
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Euphues (Arber [1580]), P. 93. Compare: "Jupiter himself was turned into a satyr, a shepherd, a bull, a swan, a golden shower, and what not for love", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, part iii, sec ii, mem. i, subs. 1.
English (original)
Did not Jupiter transforme himselfe into the shape of Amphitrio to embrace Alcmæna; into the form of a swan to enjoy Leda; into a Bull to beguile Io; into a showre of gold to win Danae?
— John Lyly
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