Hesiod, wrote Theogony from Greek mythology. If thats wrong, im sorry i got the information from wikipedia.
To me, the golden spiral is the proportional basis that makes the most sense. In a landscape painting the views eye is automatically directed to the center of the spiral and can be used by the artist to put their subject in the eye of the viewer.
Look up Egyptian symbols on the internet. They will all come up with their meanings.
