A ship touched at Chios for a supply of fresh water. […] All who drank of its waters were inspired by the Muses with a poetic spirit. […] She was about to quench her thirst in the cool waters, when some clowns rudely hindered her. […] He had sandals which sustained him equally in the air, and upon the water. […] The lips and bosom of the infant were sprinkled with water.

The natural, though probably incorrect inference is, that the waters stood one time at that height. […] Its waters were sweet, and it was the parent of all fountains and rivers on the earth. […] The brutes were insensible : they not only mocked at her distress, but jumped into and muddied the water. […] Alcæus ventures to make the very water capable of perceiving the access of the god.» […] Alpheios resumed his aqueous form, and sought to mingle his waters with hers.