Even More Mtyhs...

I read the story on Vertumnus and Pomona, whcih tells us how Pomona loved the garden and the culture of fruit, while Vertumnus only loved Pomona. He was not capable of visiting her without usind a disguise, and one day,dressed as an old lady, he told her that it was best if she loved Vertumnus, for he cared anout nothing but her. By the end of his speech she had fallen in love with this man that she had never met, and it was not until that moment that he dropped his disguise. The next myth was that of Cadmus, which tells us how the main character was told by an enchantress that in order to recuperate the sister that had been stolen by Jupiter he needed to build the city of Thebes. After many hardships, including that of killing a snake sacred to Mars, he was able to do it. He then married Harmonia, the daughter of Venus. Gods were giving their gifts to the new couple, but the resentment because of the snake episode caused misfortunes when they had children. One day he exclaimed: "If a serpent's life is so dear to the gods, let me be a snake!", and was in fact converted. The las mtyh was that of the Myrmidons, which were created when a terrible plague swept through the island of Aegina. The king asked Zeus for help, pleading for citizens as plentyful as ants. Zeus consented, and this new race of hardworkers were called Myrmidons, making reference to the ant species. The second and third myth are similar because they show a relationship between man and animals, and the first and second myth are similar in the sense that they both talk about a couple that love each other. I have only one question, and it concerns the second myth. I do not understand how the beginning of the story relates to the ending, and I'm hoping that someone can shed some light.