Jove first ascending from the watery bowers, Leads the long order of ethereal powers. […] His mother was the first to attack him, her example was instantly followed by his two sisters, and his body was torn to pieces. […] On the evening of the first day, there was a race with torches, in which men on foot, and afterwards on horseback, contended. […] Unable, however, to address him first, she waited the sound of his beloved voice. […] His worship was first introduced by Numa Pompilius, who persuaded his subjects that the limits of their lands and states, were under the immediate inspection of heaven.