What is this maid with whom thou wast at play?
Your eld’st acquaintance cannot be three hours:
Is she the goddess that hath severed us,
And brought us thus together?
– William Shakespeare
The Tempest, Act 5, Scene 1. Alonso the King of Naples is almost as astonished at the beauty and graces of young Miranda as his son has been. He asks is she a goddess.