ἑξῆς δὲ τὰ Μέγαρα καὶ Νῖσος καὶ Σκύλλα καὶ πορφυροῦς πλόκαμος καὶ Μίνωος πόρος καὶ περὶ τὴν εὐεργέτιν ἀχαριστία. οἷς ἑξῆς ὁ Κιθαιρὼν καὶ τὰ Θηβαίων καὶ Λαβδακιδῶν πάθη καὶ Κάδμου ἐπιδημία καὶ βοὸς ὄκλασις καὶ ὄφεως ὀδόντες καὶ Σπαρτῶν ἀνάδοσις καὶ αὖθις τοῦ Κάδμου εἰς δράκοντα μεταβολὴ καὶ πρὸς λύραν τείχισις καὶ μανία τοῦ τειχοποιοῦ καὶ τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ τῆς Νιόβης ἡ μεγαλαυχία καὶ ἡ ἐπὶ τῷ πένθει σιγὴ καὶ τὰ Πενθέως καὶ Ἀκταίωνος καὶ τὰ Οἰδίποδος καὶ Ἡρακλῆς σὺν τοῖς ἄθλοις αὐτοῦ ἅπασιν καὶ ἡ τῶν παίδων σφαγή.
εἶθʼ ἡ Κόρινθος πλέα καὶ αὕτη μύθων, τὴν Γλαύκην καὶ τὸν Κρέοντα ἔχουσα, καὶ πρὸ αὐτῶν τὸν Βελλεροφόντην καὶ τὴν Σθενέβοιαν καὶ Ἡλίου μάχην καὶ Ποσειδῶνος, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα τὴν Ἀθάμαντος μανίαν καὶ τῶν Νεφέλης παίδων ἐπὶ τοῦ κριοῦ
ἐπὶ τούτοις τὰ Πελοπιδῶν καὶ Μυκῆναι καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐταῖς καὶ πρὸ αὐτῶν, Ἴναχος καὶ Ἰὼ καὶ ὁ φρουρὸς αὐτῆς Ἄργος καὶ Ἀτρεὺς καὶ Θυέστης καὶ Ἀερόπη, καὶ τὸ χρυσοῦν ἀρνίον καὶ Πελοπείας
καὶ τὰ ἐν Νεμέᾳ δέ, ἡ Ὑψιπύλη καὶ Ἀρχέμορος, ἀναγκαιότατα τῷ ὀρχηστῇ μνημονεύματα. καὶ πρὸ αὐτῶν εἴσεται τὴν Δανάης παρθένευσιν καὶ Περσέως γένεσιν καὶ τὸν ἐπὶ τὰς Γοργόνας ἆθλον αὐτῷ προῃρημένον, ᾧ οἰκεία καὶ ἡ Αἰθιοπικὴ διήγησις, Κασσιέπεια καὶ Ἀνδρομέδα καὶ Κηφεύς, οὓς καὶ ἄστροις ἐγκατέλεξεν ἡ τῶν μετὰ ταῦτα πίστις. κἀκεῖνα δὲ τὰ ἀρχαῖα τὰ Αἰγύπτου καὶ Δαναοῦ εἴσεται καὶ τὴν ἐπιθαλάμιον ἐπιβουλήν.
οὐκ ὀλίγα δὲ καὶ ἡ Λακεδαίμων τοιαῦτα παρέχεται, τὸν Ὑάκινθον καὶ τὸν τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος ἀντεραστὴν Ζέφυρον καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ τῷ δίσκῳ τοῦ μειρακίου σφαγὴν καὶ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος ἄνθος καὶ τὴν ἐν