ac prior his: credisne patrem promissa daturum, o soror, Argolicus cui dis melioribus hospes contigit? aut belli quantum iam restat acerbi? heu quibus ignota sese pro gente periclis obicit! haec fantem medio in sermone reliquit incepti iam Iuno potens securaque fraudis.
And so she spoke first, "Do you think, sister, that our father will fulfill the promise he made, now that such a kind Providence has brought the Argive stranger to him? Or how much cruel warfare is still to come? Alas! What dangers does he expose himself to for a people he does not know!" Since she spoke these words, Juno left her in the middle of her sentence, now confident in her purpose and her deceit.