My mother commanded me to find a monster, and force you to marry him; but instead of obeying her, I gave you myself! […] Cyane, let us go,” she exclaimed, clasping the hand of Cyane, who clung to her robe, as if she would force her away while the damsels, their companions, had ran away, and hidden themselves. […] From that time, the laurel became sacred to Apollo, and garlands of laurel were bestowed at his festivals upon those who excelled in the strife of genius or the struggle of force.

How far this theory is well founded, and whether it will apply with equal force to other mythologies as to that of Greece, is a question which we will not now discuss. […] Styx, a daughter of Oceanos, was by Pallas the mother of Envy and Victory, Strength and Force ; and Asteria, the daughter of Coios, bore to Perses Hecate. […] Pallas had by Styx the Ocean-nymph, Envy and Victory, Strength and Force ; and Perses married Asteria the daughter of Coios and Phœbe, by whom he had Hecate. […] The legend at Letrini was689 that he fell in love with her, but seeing no chance of success in a lawful way he resolved to force her.