Amphitrite was his wife. […] He vanquished Diomede, tyrant of Thrace, who fed his horses with the flesh of his guests. […] Pirithous, king of the Lapithæ, a people of Thessaly, was his friend, and his companion in many of his enterprises. […] His consort is named Sachi; his celestial city, Amarávati; his palace, Vaijayanta; his garden, Nandana; his chief elephant, Airavat; his charioteer, Matali; and his weapon, Vajra, or the thunderbolt. […] Three articles of his armour, were particularly celebrated by the Scandinavian poets; his club, which was represented as instinct with life, and voluntarily returning to his hand after he had hurled it at his foes; his belt, inspiring strength and valour; his gauntlets, without which he could not grasp the formidable club.

Jupiter laid down his thunder-bolts, and Mercury his caduceus. […] They knew that believed his grandson would live to be his murderer, and that he had only attempted to save his own life, by taking theirs. […] Perseus having restored his grandfather, departed with his bride for Seriphus. […] When Mercury found the sharp-sighted Argus in his power, he drew forth a cemetery which he had concealed under his cloak, and with one blow severed his head from his body. […] The Hesperian nymphs performed his funeral rites, and raised a monument to his memory.

When the Grecians had set the city on fire Æneas took his aged father, Anchises, on his shoulders, while his son, Ascanius, and his wife Creusa, clung to his garments. […] He is depicted with the globe on his back, his name signifying great toil or labor. […] Augæas promised to give Hercules a tenth part of his cattle for his trouble but, for neglecting to keep his promise, Hercules slew him. […] A grandson of Neptune, his father being Neleus, and his mother Chloris. […] This lock his daughter Scylla cut off, and so betrayed her father to his enemies.