To create the light of day, he repelled all the dark and thick clouds, and then formed the zodiac, glittering with stars above his head. […]         “Father of rosy day! […] Apollo took a branch and formed it into a crown, and to this day the laurel remains one of the attributes of the God. […] Phœbus swore by the Styx that he would grant him whatever he required; and Phaeton demanded of him to drive his chariot (that of the sun) for one day. […] On the evening of the first day, there was a race with torches, in which men on foot, and afterwards on horseback, contended.