Pyramus and Thisbe - Two lovers kept apart by their parents decide to sneak out and meet at a grave one night, Thisbe gets there first and a lion chases her off, Pyramus arrives and thinks that Thisbe has been eaten by a beast so he takes his life, and upon Thisbe returning she sees her boyfriend dead and takes her own life.
Mars and Venus - Mars and Venus are having an affair, the vulcan made a transparent net that was put around Venus's bed and when they went to make love that night they were caught in the net and shown to all the gods for their infidelities.
Salmacis and Hermaphroditus - Hermaphroditus sets off in the woods and finds a beautiful pond where he meets the nymph Salmacis, who is very captivated by him, he tells her to get lost and he jumps in the pond, she follows him and tangles with him and says you will never escape me, the god's here this and morph these two into one person, half man half woman.
Cadmus and Harmonia - Cadmus asked the God's to change him into a snake upon his wife seeing this, she decided that she would also like to be a snake. Both were turned into snakes.
Acrisus - Talks about Perseus and all his triumphs, and when flying with Medusa's head drops of blood scattered all over Libya, and that is now why it is snake infested.
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