Jason conquering the Bulls and seizing the Golden Fleece. […] The dragon which kept the golden apples was the serpent that beguiled Eve. […] The Silver Age came next, inferior to the golden. […] He was king of the Western Land, and, say some, father of the Hesperides, who guarded the golden apples of the sunset. […] One scene represented Leda caressing the swan; and another, Danaë and the golden shower.