The next morning Odysseus went into the country to see his aged father Laertes. […] The victory is won, but the Sun still longs to see again the fair and beautiful bride from whom he was parted yester-eve. […] The sun cannot see the twilight until another day is done.” […] His doctrines were received with so much favor that he lived to see them spread over all India. […] As we see and learn by sight and light, it was natural to attribute to the light-god the progress in the arts.