Bacchus was educated on Mount Nisa: Moses received the tables of the law on Mount Sinai. […] Some thereby attempt to show that her superior traits appear most glowing, when the god of wine and the pleasures of the table are associated with her. […] They were used by the gods at table and in council; and were carried from one side of the room to another. […] Under his hand, trees, and stones, and even the dishes of his table, became gold. […] They plundered the tables of Phoneus, king of Phœnicia, and haunted many, whom they affected with severe hunger.