Arnobius

“ He runs about the kitchens of men, examining and discovering with what kinds of wood the heat in their fires is produced; he gives strength [3] to earthen vessels that they may not fly in pieces, overcome by the violence of the flames ”

“ Is not this unseemly, nay—to speak with more truth—disgraceful, impious, to introduce some pretended deities for this only, not to do them reverence with fitting honours, but to appoint them over base things, and disreputable actions? [4]
Footnotes ↑ No mention is made of this deity by any other author.↑ Lit., “that he may do what.”↑ Lit., “good condition,” habitudinem.↑ Lit., “a disreputable act.” ”