Erisich′thon [Erisichthon] was punished with perpetual hunger because he defiled the groves of Ceres, and cut down one of the sacred oaks. […] Orpheus went down to Hades to claim her, and played so sweetly with his lute that Pluto allowed Eurydice to return to the earth with Orpheus, but on condition that he did not look behind him until he had reached the terrestrial regions. […] “The breathless Phaeton, with flaming hair, Shot from the chariot like a falling star That in a summer’s evening from the top Of heaven drops down, or seems at least to drop.” […] He was condemned to roll a stone to the top of a hill in the infernal regions, and as it rolled down again when he reached the summit, his punishment was perpetual. […] With many a weary step and many a groan, Up the high hill he leaves a huge round stone, The huge round stone, resulting with a bound Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.”