A structure on which a sacrifice was offered. […] A monster serpent, which had a hundred heads. […] Moloch is figurative of the influence which impels us to sacrifice that which we ought to cherish most dearly. […] A river near Thermopylæ, which, it is said, attempted to extinguish the funeral pile on which Hercules was consumed. […] He is generally seen playing a pipe made of reeds of various lengths, which he invented himself, and from which he could produce music which charmed even the gods.