A huntsman who had the forepart like a man, and the remainder of the body like a horse. […] A god of the Philistines, half man half fish, like the mermaid. […] A lover in the shape of a shepherd, like Corydon; a love-sick swain. […] An Egyptian god like Pan. […] They were the trumpeters of the sea-gods, and were depicted as a sort of mermen — the upper half of the body being like a man, and the lower half like dolphins.