When it touched the top it rolled down again, so that he was tormented with unceasing toil. […] The god sent down a shower of great stones, with which Hercules put the giants to flight. […] as it was carried down the stream to the Ægean Sea. […] Roused by the baying hounds, he rushed forth, trampling down and slaying the nearest huntsmen. […] Scarcely have they entered these, when the light craft is weighed down by a ghostly band.

Europa admired the beauty of the animal, approached and began to play with him as with a great but gentle dog; when he lay down at her feet she sprang upon his back. […] They represented Fortune, as they called this blind goddess, turning a wheel, which raised up some persons, and threw down others at the same time. […] The first, Sinis, used to dart out from his haunts, seize the unwary passer-by, and having stripped him, would tie his limbs to the branches of trees, which, having been bent down, suddenly would spring up, and tear the unhappy sufferer in pieces. […] The floating head was carried down to the Egean sea, the lips uttering the sad sound, Eurydice! […] All the Avatars are painted with coronets of gems; jewels in their ears; necklaces; garlands of flowers hanging down below their waists; loose mantles of golden tissue, or coloured silk, with embroidered hems.