Neptune reigns in the sea, surrounded by the Naiades, who dance to the joyous shells of the Tritons. […]                                Restore the dead thou sea!” […] When they were on the sea shore, they generally resided in grottos and caves, adorned with shells. […] He is represented as an old man, with a long, flowing beard, and sitting upon the waves of the sea. […] In this fit of madness, he dashed one of them against a wall; Ino fled with Melicerta in her arms, and threw herself into the sea from a high rock, and was changed into a sea deity, by Neptune, who had compassion on her misfortunes.