For some time Rhea pleaded with him, but at last pretended to yield to his commands. […] All day long this youth scoured the forest, his faithful dog Sirius at his heels. […] To divert her suspicions, he began to talk of archery, and, under the pretext of testing her skill as a markswoman, bade her shoot at a dark speck rising and falling far out at sea. […] Just at the time a solemn festival in honour of Venus was to be celebrated at Sestus, to which all the youths and maidens were cordially invited. […] They were already quite far out at sea when the god awoke, and gazed around him in mute wonder at his surroundings.