They were soon after changed into serpents. […] They disgraced his memory in after times by the drunken revels they held in his honor. […] This altar is said to have been erected by the kindred of Hercules, after the death of that hero. […] Hecuba [Hec′uba] learned soon after the sad fate of her son Polydorus. […] It existed in its full beauty for more than a century after his death.