Atlas bearing the world. […] The æsthetic, myth, first, removes us from the sordid world of immediate and selfish needs, and then unrolls a vision of a world where men and things exist simply for the purpose of delighting us. […] These naturally seemed to afford access to the world below. […] To him fell the sovereignty of the lower world and the shades of the dead. […] Gladness be with thee, Helper of our world!