The youths hastened to do her bidding; but, although they searched diligently, the heifers could not be found. […] The last clung convulsively to her mother’s breast; but, even in that fond mother’s passionate embrace, death found and claimed her. […] When she arrived, she found her beloved Adonis cold in death, and her passionate caresses met with no response. […] The offerings of young lovers were ever those which found most favour in her sight. […] After some time they came to a beautiful hilly country, where they decided to found a great city, the capital of their future realm.