The caduceus had a power to induce wakefulness, or to cause sleep. […] It was foretold to Priam, that the last-born of his children should cause the destruction of Troy. […] For what cause was the voyage of Menelaus prolonged? […] What was the cause of Achilles’ displeasure against Agamemnon? […] He is said to have died suddenly, while he was engaged in pleading the cause of an intimate friend.