She was to spend six months with her mother, and the other six months with Pluto. […] Proserpine spent half the year with her mother on earth, and the other half with Pluto in hell. […] Ægeus knew the sword, and readily believed Theseus when he related what his mother had told him. […] After this precaution, the heel only, the part by which his mother held him, was liable to be wounded. […] When Achilles was lamenting the loss of Briseis, he reminds his mother of his destiny.

Jupiter conquered the Titans, and delivered his father and mother. […] She had no mother, but sprang full armed from the head of Jupiter. […] His mother, Meganira, wondered at this, and resolved to discover the cause. […] Her mother, Cassiopeia, had boasted that she was fairer than Juno and the Nereides. […] The bereaved mother planned a terrible revenge.