All the questions they fain would ask were fully answered, and no room remained for conjecture. […] Enraged at this insult, Uranus cursed his son, and prophesied that a day would come when he, too, would be supplanted by his children, and would suffer just punishment for his rebellion. […] Epimetheus was coming, and she knew he would urge her again to come out, and would prevent the gratification of her curiosity. […] As a last resort he sent heralds to publish far and wide that the king would give a great reward to any man who would dare attack and succeed in slaying the monster. […] In vain would men, in vain would gods essay, To hew the beams of adamant away.