In a whisper she begged Epimetheus to ask Mercury what brought him thither. […] the hunter cried; and Procris, cut to the heart by what she considered an infallible proof of his infidelity, sank fainting to the ground. […] Jupiter could scarcely credit what he saw. […] “But what is this? […] Stooping hastily to ascertain what it might be, she recognised the girdle her daughter had worn when she had parted from her in Sicily.

From what fell into the sea sprung Aphrodite* (Venus). […] When he regained his reason he was horrified at what he had done, and went to Thestius* to be purified. […] Their provisions were all consumed, and they lived on what fish and birds they could catch. […] Odysseus was horrified at what they had done, especially on account of the portentous signs which followed. […] Do what he will, he cannot reach his home until another series of ten long years come to an end.