Athena Polias feeding the serpent which reared Erichthonios. […] Keto bore to her brother Phorcys the Grææ, the Gorgons, the Echidna, and the serpent that guarded the golden apples of the Hesperides. […] Meanwhile Apollo slays with his arrows the monstrous serpent which abode there and destroyed the people and cattle of the vicinity. […] They grow envious of Psyche’s happiness, and try to persuade her that her invisible lord is a serpent, who will finally devour her. […] Among animals the owl and the serpent were sacred to her.