Having said this, Minerva withdrew from the dark cavern, and returned to the cheerful light of day. […] Being completely equipped, Perseus took his flight, quick as the swift-winged light, quite over the Mediterranean, to the Atlantic coast of Africa. […] If it shed a lurid glare, or dim, smoky flame of red light, that was an evil portent. […] I am not a shepherd of the mountains, but the son of Jupiter, the god of light. […] The Horæ, or Hours, are represented as lovely young girls, having light embroidered robes.

She was the daughter of Time, or Saturn, because Time always brings truth to light. […] Because they throw light on the early history of the Indian and European races. […] Southward from the world of mist, was the world of light. […] They loved the light, and were kindly disposed to mankind. […] The Sun was adored as the father of the world, the source of light and life.