He had three oracles, much celebrated; that of Dodona, that of Trophonius, and that of Ammon, in Lybia. […] It is asserted by the poets, that he raised the walls of Troy by the music of his harp; and that a stone upon which he laid his lyre, became so melodious, that whenever it was stricken, it sounded like that instrument. […] The poets say that he was born at Malea. […] Of these there are four; that of the priests or Brahmins; that of the military; that of the agricultural and traders; and that of the labourers and artisans. […] At that era, it is imagined that Polytheism likewise was introduced, and that the struggle between the two systems was one operating cause of the dispersion of mankind.

Some writers say that he was killed by Ulysses; others aver that he was slain by Paris; while others again assert that he went mad after being defeated by Ulysses, and killed himself. […] and the string that held his tongue was broken. […] A king of Phrygia, who begged of Bacchus the special gift that everything that he touched might be turned into gold. […] Some writers say that it fell from the skies. […] It is said that Hope alone remained in the box.