When he first entered the palace of Cecrops, he met the princess Aglauria. […] He was soon met by one of his own dogs, who did not know him, but at sight of him set up a violent barking. […] ‘Cease, goddesses of Thespia,’ said one of these sisters to us, as we met her in the Yale of Tempe; ‘cease to pretend that your voices only are divine. […] Soon after Apollo had conquered the Python, he met Cupid in the woods. […] One day as Syrinx was descending from Mount Lyceus, she met the god Pan, a rural deity, who was a great favourite in Arcadia.