John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
288 John Lyly 1554?-1606 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 288 |
| AUTHOR: | John Lyly (1554?–1606) |
| QUOTATION: | 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? 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Euphues, 1579 (Arber’s reprint), page 93. |
| Note 1. 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. [back] |