Saturn was an ancient Italian deity. […] Near by stood an ancient altar, black with the smoke of sacrifice and almost buried among the reeds. […] If sea, earth, and heaven perish, we fall into ancient Chaos. […] The figure of the mother clasped by the arm of her terrified child, is one of the most admired of the ancient statues. […] But Atlas remembered that an ancient prophecy had warned him that a son of Jove should one day rob him of his golden apples.