The eastern nations worshipped him under the name of Baal-Peor. […] He was represented under the form of an immovable rock. […] Sometimes they were depicted under the form of serpents. […] At Epidaurus, he was worshipped under the form of a serpent, and sometimes under that of an old man, holding a staff encircled by a serpent. […] Osiris was adored under the form of the ox Apis.