The winds were instructed to gather together the rain clouds over the earth. […] One day he came down to earth to enjoy the society of a youth of mortal birth, named Hyacinthus. […] One glance of his all-seeing eye sufficed to reveal the devastated earth and the youthful charioteer. […] Whose graceful green hair circles all the earth. […] The Dreams were often despatched to earth under Mercury’s charge, to visit mortals.