The temple at Ephesus was justly accounted one of the seven wonders of the world. […] The moon smiles upon the world, for which we allegorically take Pan. […] Paris adjudged the apple to Venus, who, in return, rewarded him with the hand of the fairest woman in the world. […] This gross account leaves a glimpse of the genuine history of the creation of the world. […] The ancients believed that the whole world was filled with spirits, who ruled its motions.