These tales of gods and heroes were communicated by wandering minstrels and travellers from one part of the country to another. […] Basileia lost her senses through grief, and went roaming in madness through the country with dishevelled locks, beating drums and cymbals. […] The coast of Ocean fell to Atlas, who named the people and the highest mountain of the country after himself. […] Had a god of the sea been worshiped in Egypt, beyond question the historian would have derived Poseidôn from that country. […] She now proceeds to Arcadia, where Pan, the chief god of that country, supplies her with dogs of an excellent breed.