He was the god who made young people love whom he pleased. […] He pulled it and it made a low sound. […] Bacchus spared the captain, and afterward made him his high priest. […] Jupiter loved Latona, and that made Juno hate her. […] Who made the statue?

Apollo made known his oracles through the medium of a sibyl. […] Perceiving that they continued to steer the wrong course for Naxos, Bacchus threw himself at their feet, as they made for shore. […] ‘No,’ said the child ‘it must not be, That little dart was made for thee.’” […] They had altars chiefly on the coast of the sea, where the piety of mankind made offerings of milk, oil, and honey, and often of the flesh of goats. […] Upon this, he leapt into the water, and was made a sea deity by Oceanus, at the request of the marine gods.