POSEIDON 
Now why is it right, Hermes, for this dog-faced
fellow from Egypt Anubis. to sit in front of me when I am
Poseidon?
 HERMES 
That’s all very well, but Lysippus made you of
bronze and a pauper because the Corinthians had no
gold at that time, while this fellow is richer than you
are by mines-full. So you must put up with being
thrust aside and not be angry if one who has such
a snout of gold is preferred before you.
 APHRODITE 
Well then, Hermes, take me and seat me in the
front row somewhere, for I am golden.
 HERMES 
Not as far as I can see, Aphrodite: unless I am
stone blind, you are of white marble, quarried on
Pentelicus, no doubt, and then, the plan having approved itself to Praxiteles, turned iuto Aphrodite
and put into the care of the Cnidians.
 APHRODITE 
But I'll prove it to you by a competent witness,
Homer, who says all up and down his lays that I
am “golden Aphrodite.”
 HERMES 
Yes, and the same man said that Apollo was rich
in gold and wealthy, but now you'll see that he too
is sitting somewhere among the middle class, uncrowned by the pirates and robbed of the pegs of
his lyre. So be content yourself if you are not quite
classed with the common herd in the meeting.