They were sad eyes, because Latona’s life was very unhappy. […] They did, indeed, comfort him, and he lived for a long time in this sorrowful quiet. […] They were half women and half dragons. […] They seem to fly just as their sister birds in the sky do.” […] They lived in mountain caves, guarding flocks of sheep and herds of cattle.

They must of course have regarded it as a portion of the Sea. […] They were equally ignorant of the interior of Asia. […] They were gradually but slowly spread through Greece. […] They then cut down that tree, and made an image from it. […] They washed and swathed the infant deity, and Themis gave him nectar and ambrosia.