and what objects of pity and indignation those fierce and savage spirits, who would destroy a world that has so long been the treasury of the arts! […] But his punishment was as swift as his conduct had been atrocious: his palace was reduced to ashes, and his form was changed into that of a wolf. […] The God, upon this, tied his opponent to a tree, and punished him as had been agreed. […] According to the different characters in which she has appeared, has the goddess been represented. […] Many morals have been attempted to be deduced from this beautiful fable, but in none of them have their authors been very successful, unless we may gather a warning of the fatal effects of self-love.