But they should not be suffered to spoil the interest in the stories, as such. […] And this latter, in studying the origin of myths, is what should first be ascertained. […] Better that she should have resumed her former shape, as I permitted Io to do. […] The oracle informed him that he would find a cow in the field, should follow her wherever she might wander, and where she stopped should build a city and call it Thebes. […] Fear took the place of his former boldness, and the hero fled What should he do?