In the city of Tenos in Thessaly they say it was once destroyed by a woman, and that its death happened in the following manner: The woman, having described a circle and put the charms in it, entered into the circle, herself and her son, and then imitated the hissing of the beast; it answered the sound of her voice and approached; but, while it was hissing, the woman fell asleep, and the more profoundly, the closer it approached, so that she could not overcome the power of sleep: but her son, sitting beside her, aroused her by striking her, as she had bidden him to do, saying that, if she fell asleep, both she and he would perish, whereas if she used force, and drew the animal towards her, they would be saved.