They also took care of the palladium, on which the very existence of Rome was supposed to depend, and which was brought from Troy by Æneas. […] It was suggested by the jealousy which Juno experienced in seeing the manner in which Jupiter brought forth Wisdom. […] Having passed on to the mountain Acroceraunia, which cast forth flames, he drew from its bowels ignited dirt, which he sent into heaven to give light to the world, and with which burning matter he formed the sun, which he gave to the earth for her husband. […] Such were the ceremonies which Orpheus witnessed when in Egypt, and upon which, by adding some circumstances which accorded with the customs of the Greeks, he founded his fable of hell. […] The helmet of Pluto, which covered his head, was nothing but the secret of which he stood in want in order to succeed in his undertaking; and the shield of Minerva, was the symbol of prudence which was necessary to him.