The crab is supposed to have pricked Hercules, when killing the Lernean hydra. […] The virtues of this wand were such that every thing it touched, when awake, would sink into sleep, and when asleep, would awaken. […] The sailors usually offered a lamb or young pig, when the sea was calm, and a black bull, when it was agitated. […] Fear was always added to the other gods when oaths were pronounced. […] Sthenobæa committed suicide when she heard this.

The first denotes the rising of the Sun, whose rays are then red; the second, the period when he acquires a brighter colour; the third, signifies noon, when he is in all his glory; and the fourth, the time of his setting, when he appears to approach the earth. […] Scarce had he said; when lo! […] They were also called Eumenides, or the Mild, when supposed to be appeased by Minerva. […] Apis, whom, when alive, the Egyptians venerated as the personification of their great god Osīris, but who, when dead, was named Sorāpis, or Serāpis; that is, Apis in his soros, or coffin. […] What was its object, and when did it take place?