On one occasion he made a journey through Arcadia. […] On leaving the temple he passed through Phocis, and meeting a cow he followed her through Bœotia, until at length, on the site where Thebes afterwards stood, she looked towards heaven and, gently lowing, lay down. […] Heracles heard the screams of his wife, and shot Nessus through the heart with one of his poisoned arrows. […] She foretold labors and perils through which he was destined to make his way to final success. […] Sigurd rode through the fire, and at his touch she awoke.