He is usually represented at the moment that he assigned to each element its place. […] From the gaieties and fêtes which then took place arose the name of Saturnalia, or fêtes of Saturn, which lasted three, four, and five days, and took place in December. […] But of this being, as possessing a place among the heroes of mythology, we are left in considerable ignorance. […] His body, consumed by fire, was found by the nymphs of the place, and honoured with a decent burial. […] The victorious deity called the capital Athenæ, and became the tutelar divinity of the place.