They claim that the dry battles with the wet, and the warm with the cold, and the light with the heavy.
Water can extinguish fire, and fire dries up water.
Poets describe battles, calling fire Apollo and Helios and Hephaestus, water they call Poseidon and Skamander, the moon they call Artemis, the air Hera, etc. Similarly, they sometimes use names of the gods to describe mental qualities, calling wisdom Athena, and folly Ares, calling desire Aphrodite, and reason Hermes. This sort of justification is very ancient. It derives from Theagenes of Rhegion, who was the first to write concerning Homer. I do not know, perhaps for this contrivance of evil and pain you will win first reward when I lash you with whip strokes.