Jupiter, after this, gave her a beautiful box, which she was ordered to present to the man who married her; and by the command of the god, Mercury conducted her to Prometheus. […] Thou shalt the Roman festivals adorn, And after poets, be by victors worn! […] Not long after her visit, some reeds arose in this place; and as the wind passed through them, they repeated, “King Midas has the ears of an ass.” […] The king wishing to fly after them, essayed the daring adventure, and throwing himself from the top of the tower as if he had wings, was killed in the attempt. […] Venus, after shedding many tears at his death, changed him into a flower.

What is death, and what becomes of us after death? […] Had he not been lame before, he had good reason to limp after either of these catastrophes. […] He opens the year, the first month being named after him. […] The gods awarded the city to the goddess, and after her Greek appellation it was named. […] One after another they fell, struck by arrows, beside the corpses that they were bewailing.