Every stream had its presiding nymph, who was thanked for her draught of water. […] He is usually represented at the moment that he assigned to each element its place. […] Can aught exult in its deformity? […] The fishermen who had found it in their nets, sought the oracle to consult its responses. […] There is nothing, however, which exceeds the possibility of nature, though it borders on its utmost line.