The city then took the name of its tutelary divinity. […] This being done, he had by her Paphos, from whom the isle of Paphos had its name. […] It had five rivers at its entrance. […] It was supposed to be the most long lived of animals, and is usually the emblem of health and immortality, from the circumstance of its annually shedding its slough, and seeming to renew its youth. […] The learned moderns generally agree in tracing its origin to Cadmus.