Book 1 pg. 3 The Creation A god – and nature, now become benign-ended this strife. 
The corpses of sea-calves float on their backs. 
That pack is keen for prey: along the crags and cliffs and rocks so hard to cross, where paths are rouch and where there is no path at all, they rush. Book 4 pg. 115 Mars, Venus, Vulcan & the Sun 
She recognized her own shawl and his dagger’s ivory sheath. Book 5 pg. 167 Ceres and Proserpina 
We should not be ashamed of Pluto as a son-in-law—if only you, goddess, would consent to that. 
Arachne was renowned – but certainly not for her birthplace or for her family. Book 7 pg. 210 Medea and Jason The fate of Jason-life or death-depends on the gods. Book 8 pg. 253 Scylla, Nisus, Minos And it was in this labyrinth of Crete that Minos jailed the monstrous Minotaur, the biform bull and man. Book 9 pg. 287 Achelous and Hercules And Theseus, Hero dear to Neptune, how asked Achelous why he groaned and how his brow had lost a horn. Book 10 pg. 326 Orpheus & Eurydice
But Love has won; to him I must submit.
Book 11 pg. 375 Daedalion – The Wolf
The shore, the shallow water, and the swamp were loud with bellowing and red with blood. Book 12 pg. 397 Iphigenia
In that tree top stood a nest that held eight fledgling birds. Book 13 pg. 487 Ulysses and Achilles’ armor
It still was full of might warriors. Book 14 pg. 487 Picus and Carens
Picus bore two javelins in his left hand and wore a purple cloak that, at the top, was closed by a gold brooch. Book 15 pg. 522 Pythagoras
Not even things that we call elements persist. (water, earth, air, fire)
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