Jupiter himself, the first and the greatest of the gods, was subject to his decrees. […] He could convert himself into any shape he pleased, and had the gift of divination. […] The first man received it from God himself, and transmitted it to his posterity. […] He could turn himself into any form. […] She gave Theseus a clue of thread by which he let himself into, as well as helped himself out of, the Labyrinth.