Porta Libitina at Rome was the gate through which the corpses were conveyed to be burnt. […] Sometimes she is carried through the air in a car drawn by doves, swans, or sparrows. […] It flowed through Epirus, and was considered as belonging to Pluto’s kingdom. […] In a fit of rage, he rode through a den in Sicily. […] This he effected by turning the river Achelous through it.