Sixteen hundred years after Adam, God taught Noah his own character and will. […] Apollo’s chariot was drawn by horses which no hand but his own could control. […] She was the goddess of youth, and had the power of imparting to others her own perpetual healthfulness and vigour. […] When this fact was proved, Jocasta killed herself; and Œdipus, in his distress, tore out his own eyes. […] The Egean islands sometimes enjoyed independence, and had lawgivers and defenders of their own.