They were about to fall upon Cadmus, when the same voice bade him cast a stone in the midst of their close-drawn phalanx. […] The hour had already come when the Sun usually began his daily journey. […] Her tears are emblems of the natural thaw which comes in spring, when winter’s pride has melted. […] It was only revealed to her when Anteros, god of passion, was born. […] To Mercury was entrusted the charge of conducting the souls of the departed to Hades, and when occupied in this way he bore the name of Psychopompus, while, when addressed as conductor of Dreams, he was Oneicopompus.