... life. And when this maid beheld Lucina perched so strangely on the altar, with her fingers inwoven on her knees and tightly pressed together, in a gripping finger-comb, she guessed that jealous Juno was the cause. Quick-witted, in a ringing voice this maid cried out, ‘Congratulations! All is well! Alcmena is delivered—a fine child so safely brought forth—her true prayers ap...