Not far from the spot is a marsh, formerly good habitable land, but now indented with pools, the resort of fen-birds and cormorants. […] She answered his signal till the vessel had receded so far that she could no longer distinguish his form from the rest. […] It would have been far better. […] But his breath began to fail him, his throat was dry, the goal yet far off. […] Be not alarmed at the distance,” (for Famine dwells very far from Ceres,) “but take my chariot.

Origin of the Gods. — So far we have a history of the throes and changes of the physical world; now begins the history of gods and of men. […] (5) Atlas, who stood in the far west, bearing on his shoulders the vault of heaven. […] Cadmus sought long and far; then, not daring to return unsuccessful, consulted the oracle of Apollo to know what country he should settle in. […] One day they played a game of quoits; Apollo, heaving aloft the discus, with strength mingled with skill, sent it high and far. […] She found herself not far from the city where her sisters dwelt.