But when he refused, the women flew into a rage, and fell upon him, and put him to death with stones and arrows. […] In seeming to do the boy an honor, he thought he was really sending him to his death. […] “Prince Theseus,” she said, “my heart grieves for you and your friends who must die this dreadful death. […] Ceyx alone clung to a spar and escaped death for a time. […] But I will mourn for you forever, Cyparissus, and you shall mourn for others, and shall henceforth be the emblem of sorrow and death.”