His figure is sometimes that of a young, and sometimes of an old man. […] That young prince reigned over a part of Phœnicia, and joined to extreme beauty the most consummate qualities of mind. […]  1. — The Graces are described as naked, young, smiling, and holding each other by the hand. […] The sailors usually offered a lamb or young pig, when the sea was calm, and a black bull, when it was agitated. […] They were sometimes fashioned in the shape of trumpets; at other times, in the figure of young men with spears.