“League all your forces then, ye powers above, Join all, and try th’ omnipotence of Jove; Let down our golden everlasting chain, Whose strong embrace holds heaven and earth and main: Strive all, of mortal and immortal birth, To drag, by this, the Thunderer down to earth Ye strive in vain! […] Statues of this goddess —  generally representing a woman of majestic beauty, clad in long robes, holding a lighted torch or lamp in one hand and a votive bowl in the other — were carried through the main streets of the city on all solemn occasions.