At Ephesus in Asia Minor; it was so beautiful that it was counted among the seven wonders of the world. […] When it touched the top it rolled down again, so that he was tormented with unceasing toil. […] According to the poets, it was decreed that the sea should remain calm while these birds built their nests upon it. […] It appears that for several centuries it was, and that it extended to Ceylon, and the Eastern peninsula. […] Where did it originate?