The Greeks fancied that their country occupied a central position, and that Mount Olympus, a very high mountain, the mythological abode of their gods, was placed in the exact centre. […] It is said, too, that the artist, having completed this masterpiece, longed for some sign of approval from heaven, and fervently prayed for a token that the god accepted his labour. […] It was on this solemn occasion that the immortal conclave of the gods declared that Juno should be henceforth honoured as goddess of marriage. […] Offended by this proposal, which Psyche had good sense enough to refuse, Venus resolved to demonstrate forcibly to that benighted race that the maiden was mortal. […] Suddenly he remembered that the babe whose birth had been announced early that morning in high Olympus had been appointed god of thieves.