Here the Senate gave audience to such ambassadors as they were not willing to admit within the walls. […] He afterwards gave the head to Minerva, who fixed it on her shield. […] He formed a man out of clay, and gave it life by means of fire which he stole from heaven. […] He even gave him his daughter in marriage, and declared him his successor in the kingdom. […] The wolf Fenris gave the gods much trouble before they succeeded in chaining him.

One gave her beauty, another persuasive charm, a third the faculty of music. […] Neptune gave the horse; Minerva produced the olive. […] These five joined with Cadmus in building his city, to which they gave the name appointed. […] Another, hearing the sound of the bow, gave the rein to his horses and attempted to escape. […] One day Orion saw them in Bœotia, became enamoured of them, and gave pursuit.