On la représente avec un air enjoué. […] On lui donne un port majestueux, et un air de modestie mêlée de fierté. […] Les paysans de l’attique les célébroient en sautant, un pied en l’air, sur des peaux enflées en forme de ballons, et frottées d’huile. […] La nymphe Echo, fille de l’Air et de la Terre, aimoit Narcisse qui n’étoit épris que de lui seul. […] Hercule s’appercevant qu’il le terrassoit en vain, parce que la terre lui donnoit de nouvelles forces, l’éleva en l’air et l’étouffa.

Earth, sea, ad air were all mixed up together; so the earth was not solid, the sea was not fluid, and the air was not transparent. […] The air being cleared, the stars began to appear, fishes took possession of the sea, birds of the air, and four-footed beasts of the land. […] The air resounded with the bark of the dogs. […] The air he breathed was like the air of a furnace and full of burning ashes, and the smoke was of a pitchy darkness. […] He fluttered with his arms, but no feathers remained to hold the air.