Man is incapable of conceiving pure spirit, and he knows no form so perfect or so beautiful as his own, and none so well adapted to be the vehicle of mind7. […] Kronos is the youngest child, so is Zeus ; the Titans divide the dominion of the world, so do the Kronids. […] The reason is not so apparent why Night should be the parent of Mockery. […] Hephæstos dissembled his rage, and going to his workshop forged a net so subtile as to be invisible, so strong as to be infrangible by even the god of war. […] The meaning of this fable is so apparent that it needs not explication.