...made the celebrated Tyrian dye ; my guide also was an entire stranger to the object of my inquiries. The manner in which this beautiful purple was first...blood of the murex, presented it to his mistress, who was first adorned with that splendid purple, which was afterwards reserved for the uses of princes...

...said, — that one day the nymph Tyros was walking by the seashore with Hercules, her beloved. Suddenly her dog broke a small shell with his teeth, and his mouth immediately became dyed with a brilliant red colour. Tyros declared that unless Hercules 1 See chapter 12. would procure for her...