The lion came and laid himself at the foot of the tree with his mouth still open, as if he required compassion, and Elpis saw that a bone was stuck fast in his teeth which prevented him from eating ; he took pity on him, and came down and relieved him. […] Rhea, they said, came to Mount Parrhasion, amidst whose thickets she brought forth her divine son. […] Zeus and Hermes came one time in the form of men to a town in Phrygia. […] Then quick as thought he came as a handsome youth with long locks waving on his shoulders, and accosted the strangers, inquiring who they were and whence they came. […] In ten months afterwards the tree opened, and the young Adonis came to light.