Hither favored heroes pass without dying, and live under the happy rule of Rhadamanthus. […] In these Islands of the Blest, the Titans, released from Tartarus after many years, dwelt under the golden sway of the white-haired Cronus. […] On all sides lay my people strewn like over-ripened apples beneath the tree, or acorns under the storm-shaken oak. […] One leg was shorter than the rest, but a piece of slate put under restored the level. […] Still another depicted Europa deceived by Jupiter under the disguise of a bull.