The Hebrews termed sparks, sons of the burning coal ; one who is to die, a son of death. […] Anaxagoras is said to have been the first who openly taught this truth ; and he was in consequence charged with atheism, and narrowly escaped the punishment of death. […] After his death he was deified by his grateful subjects. […] On being desired by Zeus to express their wishes, they prayed that they might be appointed to officiate in that temple, and that they might be united in death as in life. […] When Perseus ; says Pindar802, had slain Medusa, her two remaining sisters bitterly lamented her death.