In selecting Mythology I took possession of a field which lay totally unoccupied. […] Philosophers took warning, and truth was no longer brought into public view. […] Poseidôn however took no part in the mirth, but drawing Hephæstos aside pressed him to accommodate the affair. […] According to the Homeridian hymn in his honour, it took place in the following manner. […] Meantime Apollo met and took the fair prize from Idas.