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Would I were not a girl / ullem nullla forem / would I did not exist

She thinks they both have won a victory, though what both won will end in tragedy.
Tereus, Procne and Philomela

Find someone else to fear your miracles!
Perseus' Fight

You lost her then, then when her death was sure, unless her death indeed is what you want and mean my grief to ease your cruel heart.
Perseus' fight in the palace of Cepheus

When Perseus saw her, had a wafting breeze not stirred her hair, her eyes not overflowed with trembling tears, he had imagined her a marble statue.
Perseus and Andromeda

No god has the right to undo what any god has done.
Tiresias

She saw foul Envy eating viper's flesh, fit food for spite.
The Envy of Aglauros

She whom I forbade to be a woman, made a goddess.
- Callisto

She was a bear, but kept her woman's hear
- Callisto

Mortal your lot - not mortal your desire
Phaeton