Since the Greeks and Romans were not among those who received the divine story of creation, they were forced to devise a theory to explain their own existence and account for the origin of all things. […] “O where, Dodona, is thine aged grove, Prophetic fount, and oracle divine?” […] To test the divine knowledge of the god he served up human flesh, which Jove discovered, and punished Lycaon by turning him into a wolf. […] “With hymns divine the joyous banquet ends, The Pæans lengthened till the sun descends.” […] One of the Furies, daughter of Nox and Acheron, who was the minister of divine vengeance upon mankind.