Homer on Deity

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The ox-eyed awful Juno.
Homer
The matchless Ganymede, divinely fair.
Homer
Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.
Homer
Where'er he moves, the goddess shone before.
Homer
Yet verily these issues lie on the lap of the gods.
Homer
Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god.
Homer
Jove weighs affairs of earth in dubious scales, And the good suffers while the bad prevails.
Homer
The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.
Homer