The truth is, Hercules had faced death so often that he hardly noticed it. […] Why this great ado about the death of a stranger? […] Thus do we pay King Minos for the death of his son.” […] Bloodshed and death and the destruction of towns began. […] They were famous heroes, and, at their death, became gods.

Did the pagans believe in Heaven and Hell, where the good and the bad go after death. […] There the indolent, those who in their lives had been of no service to others, had their portion after death. […] Cadmus grieved bitterly for the undeserved death of Pentheus. […] As soon as Polydectes saw it, he was petrified to death. […] And they celebrated the death of the Python in certain games, called the Pythian.