Every stream had its presiding nymph, who was thanked for her draught of water. […] The soft murmurings of the waters are the sighs of the Naiades. […] About her coasts unruly waters roar, And, rising on a ridge, insult the shore. […] She afterwards rendered his body invulnerable by plunging him in the waters of the Styx, excepting that part of the heel by which she held him. […] Upon this, he leapt into the water, and was made a sea deity by Oceanus, at the request of the marine gods.