Instead of hair their heads were covered with vipers. […] “All have their Manes, and their Manes bear. […] The hearth of the house was their altar. […] Their father was Jupiter and their mother Leda. […] They thus sailed past in safety; but the Sirens, thinking that their charms had lost their powers, drowned themselves.

First he taught them to build houses and barns, and to store up grain for their own use and fodder for their flocks. […] They increased their speed. […] He was their leader and their hero. […] It was their home. […] A race of men distinguished for their piety and their perfect happiness.