He is said to have been educated in the island of Crete. […] Sol appears to have been a name for the sun, distinct from Apollo. […] This act of generous devotion has often been commended. […] The conquests of Bacchus seem to have been of a pacific nature. […] among those who have been instructed in the gospel of peace.

In his real history, as an earthly monarch, he would have been a truly illustrious Prince, had he not been excessively addicted to pleasure, and indulgent to his vicious passions. […] She was said to have been translated into the moon, and to be the general mother. […] Papremis seems to have been a form of Typhon, the genius of destruction. […] Bouto appears to have been the personification of night and darkness. […] Niorder is supposed to have been a king of some part of Sweden, and high priest of Upsal.