They petrified every one they looked at. […] George, and is still invoked by the Turks when they go to war. […] The “wild women” who accompanied Bacchus, so called because they mimicked his actions, putting horns on their heads when they took part in his orgies. […] The Romans always sacrificed to this goddess before they went to war, because they wished to signify that they never took up arms but in the cause of justice. […] A skilful singer, who presumed to challenge the Muses to sing, upon condition that if he did not sing best they might inflict any penalty they pleased.