But they fought among themselves, and after some were killed, the survivers joined Cadmus. […] “Young stranger,” said he to her, “do not despair; you are not among barbarians. […] The Greeks were very fond of tripods; I mean the form of a tripod was very fashionable among them. […] Great numbers of people resorted thither, and among them came poets, musicians and athletes. […] About three hundred years ago, it was dug up from among some ruins in Antium, near Rome.

But of this being, as possessing a place among the heroes of mythology, we are left in considerable ignorance. […] The dwellers in the city, among whom was Arcas, enraged at the desecration, attacked her, and in all probability, she would have perished by the hands of her son, had not Jupiter snatched both to the sky, and placed them among the constellations, Calista being called “the Great Bear,” and Arcas, “the Little Bear.” […] The rose, the myrtle, and the apple, were sacred to Venus; among birds, the dove, the swan, and the sparrow, were her favourites. The goddess of beauty was represented among the ancients in different forms. […] They were sometimes reckoned among the Gods, and had a temple at Corinth, where worship and sacrifices were solemnly offered.