CES′TUS, the girdle of Venus, which excited irresistible affection.
CHA′OS allegorically represented the confused mass of matter supposed
to have existed before the creation of the world, and out of which the
world was formed.
“... Behold the throne
Of Chaos, and his dark pavilion spread
Wide on the wasteful deep; with him enthroned
Sat sable-vested Night, eldest of all things,
The consort of his reign.”