BEROE • DICCIONARIO INGLES.COM • Definition of Beroe

... The threshold stepp'd of Semele, nor chas'd Her darkening veil, till like an ancient dame She stood display'd. White hairs her temples strew'd; Deep furrows plough'd her skin; her bending limbs Quiver'd beneath her weight; her tremulous voice Exhausted age betray'd: she stood to view Old Beroe, from Epidaurus come, The nurse of Semele. With tedious tales She garrulous amus'd:—when in her turn Listening, the name of Jupiter she heard She sigh'd, and said,—"May he be truly Jove! "But age is still suspicious. Chastest ...

— The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II • Ovid