Once, when Hebe was offering nectar to Jupiter, she fell. […] In the division of their father’s kingdom the empire of the seas fell to his share. […] Iole, therefore, fell into the hands of her father’s murderer, and was carried by him to his house as a domestic slave. […] As Ulysses approached his palace, his faithful dog Argus recognised him, and immediately fell dead at his feet. […] Fear fell upon them as this mighty barbarian, instigated by his terrible passions, dealt death at every blow.

The poets say that on the birthday of Rhodia, a shower of gold fell, and that rose-bushes were covered with new flowers. […] To pursue them, he rushed from the top of a tower; but not being able to keep himself in the air; he fell, and broke his head. […] Both precipitately ran away, and fell into the sea, and became sea-deities. […] The Cocytus (tears, groans) also flowed in Epirus, or rather, Thessaly, and fell into the marsh of Acherusia. […] Some huge stones which they hurled, fell into the seas, and became islands; others fell upon the earth, and became mountains.