This little boy was hungry also, and somewhat impatient, and surprised to see Ceres eat so eagerly. […] Progne was among them, and the old woman also, from whom she had got the web of Philomela; the latter guided Prague, and she took a course which her companions followed. […] But we love stories, or fictions, also. […] That gentleman who said Mercury was a good example to man, said also that Narcissus was a striking example of idleness and vanity, and of their punishment. […] I am also the god of music and of healing; stay, and listen my lyre.”