The Italian artist shows us the child passing near the precipice.

Then drew near a gentle guardian spirit.

The unseen friend rolled along the pathway apples of Paradise and the child, following after with shouts of glee, was lured from danger.

To the beauty of the artist's thought Homer's story adds elements of instruction.

When the Grecian boy was pursued by a giant whose breath was fire, whose hand held a huge club, two invisible beings lent help.