vault of heaven

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There a bridge will be built, reaching from Manhattan to the vault of heaven.

From Time Magazine Archive

Atlas, who bore the vault of heaven upon his shoulders, was the father of the Hesperides, so Hercules went to him and asked him to get the apples for him.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

At the moment he fell still, the vault of heaven, star-studded, profound, was pierced as if by a spear.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

The interpreters of the Vedas attempted to distinguish Mitra from Varuna by making the former the god of the daylight, the latter the god of the midnight vault of heaven.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Lang, Andrew

Heracles supports on his shoulders the vault of heaven, while the Titan Atlas brings him the golden apples of the Hesperides.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.