From them it passed into Asia Minor, Greece, and the adjacent islands. […] This Prince came from Perhibea, a town of Thessaly, into Italy. […] This so irritated Ceres that she threw some of the water of Phlegethon into the informer’s face, and changed him into an owl, the harbinger of misfortune. […] His descendants sent colonies into Asia Minor, and afterwards passed over into Italy. […] The worship of this deity was introduced from Egypt into Greece.