On the tenth day she went for safety to the temple of Minerva. […] The spear was well aimed, but Perseus stepped aside and it struck deep into the temple wall and remained there, quivering. […] There Theseus offered sacrifices in the temple of Apollo. […] When the ship went and until it returned, the Athenians rejoiced and sacrificed to the gods in their splendid temples. […] After they had slain all three, the serpents glided away and disappeared in the temple of Minerva.