“Cursed by Althaea, to his wrath he yields, As well as in his wife’s embrace forgets the fields. (She from Marpessa sprung, divinely good, And matchless Idas, in excess of person in war: The god of day adored the mom’s charms; In opposition to the god The daddy bent his arms: The stricken pair, their sorrows to proclaim, From Cleopatra modifi