And were they ever believed? […] In peace they were closed; but they were shut only once between the reign of Numa and that of Augustus. […] People are not always what they pretend to be. […] It is said that, mindful of their origin, they neither avoid the presence of man, nor do they injure any one. […] One after another they fell, struck by arrows, beside the corpses that they were bewailing.

One of them, adorned with a crown, sang the praises of Ceres; and after they had offered an oblation of wine mixed with honey and milk, before they began to reap, they sacrificed the sow. […] Sometimes they were depicted under the form of serpents. […] Before they quitted the infernal regions, they drank of the waters of Lethe, which made them forget all past events. […] For a season, they bewailed the God as lost or dead; and when he was thought to be found, or re-animated, they poured forth extravagant bursts of joy. […] Tyr attacks the horrible dog Garme, and they kill each other.