They, at some time or other, believed in these personifications. […] If he is indeed Jove, make him give some proof of it. […] Upon it she set some of chaste Minerva’s olives, some cornel berries preserved in vinegar, and added radishes and cheese, with eggs lightly cooked in the ashes. […] The sons of Niobe were there with the rest, — some mounted on spirited horses richly caparisoned, some driving gay chariots. […] In spite of this hard condition some would try.