He received as his portion of dominion, the empire of the sea. […] Amphitrite was called Salacia, because the salt water is in the bottom of the sea, and Venilia, because the sea ebbs and flows by turns. […] Her name signifies that the sea surrounds the land. […] In the midst of her despair, she threw herself headlong into the sea. […] Whereupon, believing his son to be dead, he precipitated himself into the sea, which was afterwards called the Ægean, or Black sea, from his name and destiny. — See Fig. 71.