Commodian — Instructiones 9
You make Neptune a god sprung from Saturn, and he rules a trident so he can spear fish. From that you say he is god of the sea. What divinity is it to chase fish with a fork? He was of watery tale on earth — not to be prayed to as god.
Latin
9 NEPTUNUS. Neptunum facitis deum ex Saturno pronatum, Et tridentem regit, ut pisces suffigere possit. Paret esse deum + cumerale illi parate! Troianis non ipse cum Apolline muros eduxit? Unde deus factus inops cimentarius ille? Non Cyclopem genuit monstrum? non moechus et ipse? Uiuere non poterat de suo, quod structura<m> gerebat. Sic genuit generatus, qui fuit iam mortuus olim.