The duty of the priests was to sing the praises of the gods, and to act as judges and magistrates : a double share of everything fell to them. […] The coast of Ocean fell to Atlas, who named the people and the highest mountain of the country after himself. […] The drops which fell on the earth from the wound gave birth to the Erinnyes, the Giants, and the Melian nymphs : from what fell into the sea sprang Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. […] He fell into the river Eridanos. […] Psyche caught his leg as he rose, and was raised into the air, but fell ; and as she lay, the god reproached her from a cypress for her breach of faith.