Justin Martyr (A. D. 140), in his Apology to the Emperor Adrian, says: "By declaring the Logos, the first-begotten of God, our Master, Jesus Christ, to be born of a virgin, without any human mixture, we (Christians) _say no more in this than what you_ (Pagans) _say of those whom you style the Sons of Jove_. For you need not be told what a parcel of sons the writers most in vogue among you assign to Jove. . . . "As to the Son of God, called Jesus, should we allow him to be nothing more than man, yet the title of 'the Son of God' is very justifiable, upon the account of his wisdom, considering that you (Pagans) have your Mercury in worship under the title of the Word, a messenger of God. . . . "As to his (Jesus Christ's) being born of a virgin, _you have your Perseus to balance that_."[125:1] _Mercury_ was the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother, Maia, daughter of Atlas. Cyllene, in Arcadia, is said to have been the scene of his birth and education, and a magnificent temple was erected to him there.[125:2] _Æolus_, king of the Lipari Islands, near Sicily, was the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother, Acasta.[125:3] _Apollo_ was the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother, Latona.[125:4] Like Buddha and Lao-Kiun, Apollo, so the Ephesians said, was born under a tree; Latona, taking shelter under an olive-tree, was delivered there.[125:5] Then there was joy among the undying gods in Olympus, and the Earth laughed beneath the smile of Heaven.[125:6] _Aethlius_, who is said to have been one of the institutors of the Orphic games, was the son of Jupiter by a mortal mother, Protogenia.[125:7] _Arcas_ was the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother.[125:8] _Aroclus_ was the son of Jupiter and a mortal mother.[125:9] We might continue and give the names of many more sons of Jove, but sufficient has been seen, we believe, to show, in the words of Justin, that Jove had a great "parcel of sons." "The images of self-restraint, of power used for the good of others, are prominent in the lives of all or almost all the Zeus-born heroes."[125:10] This Jupiter, who begat so many sons, was the supreme god of the Pagans. In the words of _Orpheus_: "Jupiter is omnipotent; the first and the last, the head and the midst; Jupiter, the giver of all things, the foundation of the earth, and the starry heavens."[125:11]