And yet we know that there must have been a period when everything was void, or, in other words, when there was nothing. […] Some writers record that this oracle became dumb when Jesus Christ was born. […] George, and is still invoked by the Turks when they go to war. […] The moon was, by the ancients, called Hecate before and after setting; Astarte when in crescent form; Diana when in full. […] The name was given to Minerva when she destroyed a famous giant named Pallas.