Æd′epol [Ædepol], an oath used by both men and women, referring to the Temple of Pollux. […] He was said to have taught men the use of letters in the day-time, and at night to have retired to the depth of the ocean. […] He presumed to make clay men, and animate them with fire which he had stolen from heaven. […] Spirits of the woodland, half men, half goats, and fond of wine and women. […] They were the sons of Uranus and Gæa, men of gigantic stature and of great strength.