They were soon after changed into serpents. […] Hippomenes was ungrateful to Venus, who revenged herself by changing him into a lion, and the beautiful Atalanta into a lioness. […] The sparks, as they rose from the funeral pyre, were changed into birds, which divided into two flocks, and fought together until they fell into the flames and were consumed. […] Entering hastily into the palace, she snatched the fatal brand, so long preserved, and cast it into the flames. […] Scylla cast herself into the sea, and was transformed at the same moment into a lark.