A people thus favoured could not fail to be happy, and many were the songs in praise of their sunny land. […] This time of bliss has justly borne the title of the Golden Age, and the people in Italy then throve under the wise rule of good old Saturn, or Cronus. […] He is said to have first seen the light in Thrace, a country noted for its fierce storms and war-loving people. […] There Hesione became the bride of Telamon; while her brother Podarces, later known as Priam, was redeemed by his people and made King of Troy. […] The Romans, however, were such a belligerent people, that the temple gates were closed but thrice in more than seven centuries, and then only for a very short period.