As the name implies, this last-mentioned period saw the evolution and development of mythic lore. […] A priestess of Venus, with whom Leander was so enamored that he swam across the Hellespont every night to visit her, but at last was drowned; when Hero saw the fate of her lover she threw herself into the sea and was also drowned. […] As he flew along he saw Andromeda chained to the rock, and a sea-monster ready to devour her. […] The word means a saw or saying; hence Sagas, which embody Scandinavian legends, and heroic or mythical traditions. […] Speaking of this god, Homer’s Ulysses says: “I saw the severe punishment of Tantalus.

Pyramus soon went forth, saw the vestiges of some wild beast, and found the veil of Thisbe bloody. […] Thisbe saw Pyramus dead. […] This singularity produced a fable: Alcyone, wife of Ceyx, king of Trachinia, saw, in a dream her husband returning to consult the oracle of Delphi. […] Echo saw, loved, followed, and embraced Narcissus in the woods; but he shunned her. […] A shepherd thought he saw him surrounded with light, and brought him home.