She was supposed to have sprung from the sea one day, in a cloud of spray, and all the beings who dwelt in the sea, the sea nymphs and the sea gods and Neptune himself, rose with songs of gladness to welcome their queen. […] Neptune, who was Jupiter’s brother, was the ruler of all the waters of the earth. […] She went to Neptune, god of the sea, and told him her troubles. […] Neptune promised to do as she wished, and he kept his word, for from that day to this, the Great Bear and the Little Bear have never set. […] Neptune, the god of the ocean, saw all that was passing; and as Glaucus sank beneath the surface, he caught him in his arms, and, taking him into his ocean palace, changed him from a poor fisherman into a god of the sea.