The so-called divinities of Olympus and of Asgard have not a single worshipper among men. […] Vulcan was the blacksmith of the gods, the finest artificer in metal among them. […] I forbade her to wear human form, — she and her hateful son are placed among the stars. […] Then the slender shuttle is passed in and out among the threads. […] Desolate she sat, among sons, daughters, husband, all dead, and seemed torpid with grief.