Some say that she was born at Argos, while others fix her nativity at Samos. […] The statue of Memnon, set up in the temple of Serapis at Thebes, in Egypt, is reported to have uttered a melodious sound at sunrise, and a lugubrious sound at sunset. […] His priests at Rome were called Salii. […] He was worshipped chiefly in Egypt, at Athens, and at Rome. […] It had five rivers at its entrance.